Quotes about Sacrifice

For some things, said his aunt, it was a good thing Paul was ill that Christmas. I believe it saved his mother. Paul

When I give, I give myself

not one escaped to tell the fall of Alamo, The hundred & fifty are dumb yet at Alamo.

Lord, I do not know fully what the value of the blood is, but I know that the blood has satisfied Thee; so the blood is enough for me, and it is my only plea.

If you have not experienced the death of self, your spiritual life will have little real progress.

The idea of waste only comes into our Christianity when we underestimate the worth of our Lord.

He who has ascended the cross and refuses to drink the vinegar mingled with gall is the one who knows the Lord. Many go up to the cross rather reluctantly, still thinking of drinking vinegar mingled with gall to alleviate their pain. All who say—"The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not drink it?"—will not drink the cup of vinegar mingled with gall.

Many Christians are unaware how drastically the cross must work so that ultimately their natural power for living may be denied.

She is doing this for Me. Real satisfaction is brought to the heart of God only when we are really, as people would think, wasting ourselves upon him. It seems as though we are giving too much and getting nothing—and that is the secret of pleasing God.

The whole question is; How precious is he to us now? If we do not think much of him, then of course to give him anything at all, however small will seem to us a wicked waste. But when he is really precious to our souls nothing will be too good, nothing too costly for him; everything we have, our dearest, our most priceless treasure, we shall pour out upon him, and we shall not count it a shame to have done so.

How many of Gods servants are used by Him, as we say in China, to build 12 feet of wall, only when they have done so to undo it all by themselves pulling down 15 feet!

to offer one-tenth to God; but under the new covenant, ten-tenths are required.