Quotes About Sacrifice

Moral living sometimes demands difficult choices. It requires selflessness.

In the last essay he wrote before he died, great Christian apologist C. S. Lewis said, "We have no right to happiness; only an obligation to do our duty." Of course it is in our duty that happiness comes. Try it.

On the cross Christ took upon Himself every sin we've ever committed—including anger.

Jesus Christ spoke frankly to His disciples concerning the future . . .In unmistakable language He told them that discipleship means a life of self-denial, and the bearing of a cross.

Ageneration ago, Jim Elliot went from Wheaton College to become a missionary to the Aucas in Ecuador. Before he was killed, he wrote, "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

Take your eyes and your ears and your hands and your feet and your thoughts and your heart: Give them completely and unreservedly to Christ.

Jesus worked all His life. But the greatest work that Jesus did was not in the carpenter's shop . . .His greatest work was achieved in those three dark hours on Calvary . . . dying for us.

Many Christians want the benefits of their belief, but they hesitate at the cost of discipleship.

El regalo de redención de Dios dice: «Yo te compraré con mi sangre porque te amo. Te liberaré de las cadenas del pecado. Arreglaré el conflicto que hay dentro de ti y daré paz a tu alma. Pero tú debes venir a mí con un corazón arrepentido. Debes querer que yo te redima. Debes cambiar tu corazón ennegrecido por el pecado por un nuevo corazón que es limpiado por mi sangre».

To be a disciple of Jesus means to learn from Him, to follow Him. The cost may be high.

Among those Christians to whom hell means little, Calvary means less.

When Christ's love fills our hearts, it puts selfishness on the run.

Jesus Christ spoke frankly to His disciples concerning the future. He hid nothing from them. No one could ever accuse Him of deception. No one could ever accuse Him of securing allegiances by making false promises. In unmistakable language He told them that discipleship meant a life of self-denial, and the bearing of a cross. He asked them to count the cost carefully, lest they should turn back when they met with suffering and privation.

Salvation is free, but there is a price to pay in following Jesus. It is never said in Scripture that we can have "Christ and . . .".It is always "Christ or . . .". What is your "or"?

The strain of Christian service can result in sickness . . . I have known Christian workers who have risked their lives and health in serving the Lord.

In John 6 we read that when great multitudes went after Him, He told them three times that unless they were willing to pay the price, they could not be His followers.

TRUE HEROES are ordinary people, like You and Me, who have done EXTRA ORDINARY THINGS.

Don't make the mistake of thinking that because God is love everything is going to be sweet, beautiful, and happy and that no one will be punished for his sins . . . God's love provided the cross of Jesus, by which we can have forgiveness and cleansing.

He was about to take upon Himself the sins of men. He was to become sin for us.

Christ warned His followers that to believe in Him would not make them popular, and that they should be prepared to face affliction for His sake.

He who is called to and set apart for the work of an evangelist is to devote his time and effort single-mindedly to this God-given task. He is not to be distracted by anything likely to deflect him from this. Persecution will not weaken his resolution. The persuasion of others will fall on deaf ears. Only the clear leading of God will cause him to change his ministry.

While Christians in America have worshipped without the fear or threat of physical abuse for their beliefs, thousands of their brothers in Christ throughout the world have been tortured and martyred for confessing the name of Christ.

Someone who visited the Billy Graham Library noticed all the crosses displayed and said to her host, "Where is Jesus? Why isn't He on the cross?" Her host smiled and said, "We do not worship a crucifix. Jesus died on the cross, but He did not stay on the cross. . . . He lives!

Giving up something to follow Christ is not earning salvation; it is giving up what keeps you from salvation. When we hold on to something that is dearer to us than receiving the greater gift of salvation in Christ, we lose.