Quotes about Sacrifice

The call to self-emptying will always be unpopular to those whose pockets and closets are full. What

On the Day of Atonement, the Levites performed the central sacrificial rites of the believing community, stewarding annual ceremonies that in graphic detail pictured the evil nature of sin and the bloody nature of divinely provided atonement for sin. The Day of Atonement was a visceral affair, filled with blood and fire and death and, at the pulsing core of it all, the realized hope of forgiveness through repentance. The people could be pure.

Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love love recompenses the adorers.

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

You can sacrifice and not love. But you cannot love and not sacrifice.

Working for love is a curse. Working from love is a ministry.

Anyone can give away something expensive, but only those who understand sacrifice can give away something valuable.

Passion always looks like sacrifice to people who are not in love.)

The truth is, Jesus didn't die for junk.

Have you ever been betrayed? Have you ever been cut to the bone, stabbed in the back? Have you ever given someone your whole heart only to find out they used your heart to beat you with it? Have you ever laid down your life for someone? Have you ever served with reckless abandonment and in return got back a list of things that you failed to do?

Formal religion only takes us so far — for it is both safe and doable. Love, however, knows no limits, takes costly risks, and looks for ways to give more.