Quotes about Rescue

As Christians, we must get rid of the notion that the only answer for life's troubles is for us to die and go to heaven. Don't be mistaken—heaven is real and is greater than we can possibly imagine. But the kind of attitude that says rescue from this earth is the only thing we live for is an insult to the power of the blood of Jesus and the purpose of redemption.

My part, was the prompt reply, was to run away, and the Lord's part was to run after me until He caught me.

Ggrace is God's best idea - it's His decision to ravage people by love, to rescue passionately, and to restore justly.

Let him into the mire and muck of our world. For only if we let him in can he pull us out.

We learn brevity from Jesus. His greatest sermon can be read in eight minutes. His best-known story can be read in ninety seconds. He summarized prayer in five phrases. He silenced accusers with one challenge. He rescued a soul with one sentence. He summarized the Law in three verses and reduced all his teachings to one command. He made his point and went home.

Are you feeling exposed to the storms of life? Read Psalm 91, a wonderful promise from God. When we love him and tell others about that love, he moves to protect us. "I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them" (v. 15 NLT).

God will sometimes allow things to get bad enough that we will be forced to look up. Victory always begins with a cry for help. When we come to the end of ourselves and cry out for help, amazing things happen.

I sank to the foundations of the mountains; the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever! But You raised my life from the Pit. Jonah 2:6

As my life was fading away, I remembered the Lord. My prayer came to You, to Your holy temple. Jonah 2:7

He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me. (2 Sam. 22:17—18)

He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son He loves. Colossians 1:13

I have observed the misery of My people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors. Exodus 3:7