Quotes about Sacrifice

May the one thing that you cherish, the one thing that you rejoice in and exult over, be the cross of Jesus Christ.

If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full.

It is better to lose your life than to waste it.

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

Not, how much of my money will I give to God, but, how much of God's money will I keep for myself?

Christ was treated as we deserve that we may be treated as He deserves. He was condemned for our sins, in which He had no share, that we might be justified by His righteousness, in which we had no share. He suffered the death which was ours, that we might receive the life which was His. 'By His stripes we are healed.

Christians who live for self dishonor their Redeemer.

They brought ruin upon themselves by refusing to minister to others.

Something better" is the watchword... of all true living. Whatever Christ asks us to renounce, He offers in its stead something better...

It is not the fear of punishment, or the hope of everlasting reward, that leads the disciples of Christ to follow Him. They behold the Saviour's matchless love, revealed throughout His pilgrimage on earth, from the manger of Bethlehem to Calvary's cross, and the sight of Him attracts, it softens and subdues the soul. Love awakens in the heart of the beholders. They hear His voice, and they follow Him.

Through transgression the sons of man become subjects of Satan. Through faith in the atoning sacrifice of Christ the sons of Adam may become the sons of God. By assuming human nature, Christ elevates humanity.