Quotes About Jesus

To speak of sin without grace is to minimize the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the fruit of the Spirit, and the hope of shalom.

Trying to do the Lord's work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.

when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus

His will is our hiding place. Lord Jesus, keep me in your will! Don't let me go mad by poking about outside of it!

Forgiveness is the key which unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness. The forgiveness of Jesus not only takes away our sins, it makes them as if they had never been.

And suddenly I realized that this too was a message, a last wordless communication among neighbors. For I, too, had a hiding place when things were bad. Jesus was this place, the Rock cleft for me. I pressed a finger to the tiny crevice.

What I have to say is of no importance. Let me tell you what the Son of God had to say.

And I've never met anybody who said that they were sorry that the Lord Jesus had entered their hearts.

For I, too, had a hiding place when things were bad. Jesus was this place, the Rock cleft for me.

It may be literally said that he was a man of one idea, and that was, love, to Jesus, and a desire to manifest it in all its varied forms.

For the disciple community, to be in communion with Jesus means to take active part in his mission. This is explicit in Mark's Gospel

This last journey itself teaches the disciples that to follow Jesus means to walk the way of the cross. Jesus speaks sharply to halting, halfhearted followers. The way of discipleship is costly: it demands total commitment, complete devotion and allegiance to Jesus and the kingdom of God (Luke 9:57–62). "Whoever wants to be my disciple," Jesus says, "must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me" (9:23; cf. 14:27).

Grace. Changes. Everything. We don't bring anything. Jesus brings everything.

Jesus never criticized prayers that were honest, only those that were long and showy.

Again, so many people think that they wouldn't be going through their struggles if God were really with them. But that's simply not the case. Having Jesus in the stern beside you doesn't mean the storm won't rock your boat. It just means the storm won't sink you.

The right choice was the more difficult one. Way more difficult. But as Jesus followers, we know it's best to choose hard over easy when hard is right.

Having more of this world never fulfills. Only more of Christ does.

You can't know the intimate marriage you desire Ã¢â'¬Â¦ until you know Jesus first. You have to receive His love before you can give it. His love must overtake you, envelop you, and fill you. Only then can you share it with another.

Sure, sir, I will," I promised, "but I just want to tell you first that Jesus loves you." While

Right. I guess it must be comforting to actually believe in God and Jesus and all that. It must fill in all that space so you don't have to worry about it anymore. But it's a bit like closing a door when there's a cold draft, isn't it? It's still cold out there, it's just that you don't notice anymore because you're warm.

I still believe in God; the teachings of Jesus even, but the rest of Christianity... its Bible, its churches, its dogma-- only sets up boundaries between people and cultures. It denies the beauty of being HUMAN, and it ignores all these GAPS that need to be filled in by the individual.

It focuses on the sending character of God: God is a missionary God who sent Jesus into the world, and through the sending of the Spirit by the Father and the Son, the church is sent into the world to participate in God's mission.

the key insight for now is that we will miss Jesus' solution if we follow some narrative that pushes everything out toward external blame. Such a narrative is like a faulty sign pointing us away from Jesus because his acceptance of us takes place inside us—it doesn't happen "out there.

When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions, just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ, the very linchpin of their religion.