Our spiritual manhood in heaven will discard many things which we now count precious, as a full-grown man discards the treasures of his childhood.

I am risking my life for my work, and half my reason has gone.

Religious programs, activities have often blurred and sidelined the centrality of the cross - causing religion to be empty of its core.

I have one desire now - to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.

Those who risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all

Jesus didn't die to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous. Faithfulness is not holding the fort. It's storming the gates of hell. The will of God is not an insurance plan. It's a daring plan. The complete surrender of your life to the cause of Christ isn't radical. It's normal. It's time to quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. It's time to go all in and all out for the All in All. Pack your coffin!

The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life. And

Being a Christian is about choosing Jesus and deciding to do something incredibly daring with your life.

Perhaps the most dangerous place for a Christian to be is in safety and comfort.

Relinquishment is prerequisite to fulfillment.

Those who try to keep their lives will lose them. But those who give up their lives will save them. LUKE 17:33

Jesus invited us not to a picnic, but to a pilgrimage. He offered us, not an excursion, but an execution. Our Savior said that we would have to be ready to die to self, sin, and the world.