 Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. Author: Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. Author: Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| For God no cost is too high. Anything can be sacrificed if only we may please Him. Let us daily learn to be obedient children. Author: Watchman Nee |
| Many saints today are stricken with sickness, weakness and suffering; God is chastening them that they may present their bodies to Him a living sacrifice. Author: Watchman Nee |
| It is a coal from God's altar must kindle our fire; and without fire, true fire, no acceptable sacrifice. Author: William Penn |
| Our god is the thing, or person, which we think most precious, for whom we would make the greatest sacrifice, and who moves our heart with the warmest love. He is the person or thing that if lost would leave us desolate. Author: Alan Redpath |
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| Nothing of spiritual significance comes without sacrifice. Your spirituality will always be measured by the size of your sacrifice. Author: Jerry Falwell |
| God is infinitely more honored by the sacrifices of death than by those of life; by the latter we honor Him as a great Sovereign, but by the former, as God, losing all things for his glory. Author: Madame Guyon |
| God gives us gifts, graces, and natural talents, not for our own use, but that we may render them to Him. He takes pleasure in giving and in taking them away, or in so disposing of us, that we cannot enjoy them; but their grand use is to be offered in a continual sacrifice to Him; and by this He is most glorified. Author: Madame Guyon |
| The Christian faith is meant to be lived moment by moment. It isn't some broad, general outline--it's a long walk with a real Person. Details count: passing thoughts, small sacrifices, a few encouraging words, little acts of kindness, brief victories over nagging sins. Author: Joni Eareckson Tada |
| No sacrifice should be too great for Him who gave Himself for us. Author: Harry Ironside |
| First John 3:16 shows that true love is climaxed by our being willing to lay down our lives for fellow believers. Author: Theodore Epp |
