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You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

Jesus taught that your highest priority must be your relationship with Him. If anything detracts you from that relationship, that activity is not from God. God will not ask you to do something that hinders your relationship with Christ.

At the foot of the cross, there are no racial barriers.

The way of Jesus cannot be imposed or mapped — it requires an active participation in following Jesus as he leads us through sometimes strange and unfamiliar territory, in circumstances that become clear only in the hesitations and questionings, in the pauses and reflections where we engage in prayerful conversation with one another and with him.

It was not for societies or states, that Christ died, but for men.

The whole point is I’m trying to get you to see-to get you out of this malaise of thinking that Jesus and the disciples were poor and then relating that to you thinking that you, as a child of God, have to follow Jesus. The Bible says that He has left us an example that we should follow His steps. That’s the reason why I drive a Rolls Royce. I’m following Jesus’ steps.

I testify that Jesus Christ, born in Bethlehem, was and is the Only Begotten of the Father, the Lamb of God. He chose from before the foundations of the earth to be your Savior, my Savior, and the Savior of all we will ever know or meet.

Have the courage to go against the tide of current values that do not conform to the path of Jesus.

If I am to wholly follow the Lord Jesus Christ, I must forsake everything that is contrary to Him.

Everything is wrong until Jesus sets it right.

When life caves in, you do not need reasons — you need comfort. You do not need some answers — you need someone. And Jesus does not come to us with an explanation — He comes to us with His presence.

God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.

Even on the cross He did not hide Himself from sight; rather, He made all creation witness to the presence of its Maker.

When we come to Christ, we’re no longer the most important person in the world to us; Christ is. Instead of living only for ourselves, we have a higher goal: to live for Jesus.

My faith in Christ is central to my life. My conversion from a pessimistic atheist lost in a world I didn’t understand, to an optimistic believer in a universe created and sustained by a loving God is crucial to me. But following Christ does not mean following His followers. Christ is infinitely more important than Christianity and always will be, no matter what Christianity is, has been, or might become.

After close to a year of traveling, I had seen things in the world and in myself, both good and bad, that I had never noticed before. I was struggling daily with pride and insecurity, homesickness and loneliness, with the burden of picking up my cross and following Jesus. This journey produced a new hunger for redemption in me.

Most of all, God has blessed us by giving us the privilege of knowing Him and walking with Him every day. He did this by sending His Son into the world to die for our sins.

Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.

We have become so engrossed in the work of the Lord that we have forgotten the Lord of the work.

This submission to the threshold of a cross is at the very root of our following Jesus; it changes the game completely.

A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to ‘accept’ Christ without forsaking the world.

Nobody ever got anything from God on the grounds that he deserved it. Haven fallen, man deserves only punishment and death. So if God answers prayer it’s because God is good. From His goodness, His lovingkindness, His good-natured benevolence, God does it! That’s the source of everything.

What I’ve learned the more time I’ve spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.

Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present.

Why should we give God thanks? Because everything we have comes from God.

Our pursuit of God is successful just because He is forever seeking to manifest Himself to us.

One thing the young Christian should be taught as quickly as possible after his conversion is that Jesus Christ is all he needs.

Without worship, we go about miserable.

The Christian life is a life that consists of following Jesus.

Any faith that must be supported by the evidence of the senses is not real faith.

God answers our prayers not because we are good, but because He is good.

You can tell if people are following Jesus, because they are fedding the poor, sharing their wealth, and trying to get everyone medical insurance.

Being a sinner does not disqualify you from following Jesus. It’s a prerequisite.

Anyone, then, who desires to live chastely in Christ Jesus, must flee not only the mouse of lust, but even from its very scent.

Remember: He WANTS your fellowship, and He has done everything possible to make it a reality. He has forgiven your sins, at the cost of His own dear Son. He has given you His Word, and the priceless privilege of prayer and worship.