“Not only our eternal salvation depends upon our willingness and capacity to forgive wrongs committed against us. Our joy and satisfaction in this life, and our true freedom, depend upon our doing so. When Christ bade us turn the other cheek, walk the second mile, give our cloak to him who takes our coat, was it to be chiefly out of consideration for the bully, the brute, the thief? Or was it to relieve the one aggrieved of the destructive burden that resentment and anger lay upon us?” GivingJoyTurnsChristWalksDependsEternalCapacitySalvationForgivingLaysCommittedSatisfactionBurdenMilesThis LifeDestructiveConsiderationWillingnessResentmentCheeksThievesCoatsBullyBrutesCloaksTrue FreedomTurn The Other Cheek Author:Marion D. Hanks
“Too many people want the fruit of Paul's ministry without paying the price that Paul paid. He died. He died to everything. He died daily He was crucified with Christ ... I challenge you to pray this prayer: 'Lord, be ruthless with me in revealing my selfish ambition and my lack of willingness to die to myself.' I guarantee that He will answer your prayer - and quickly.” PeopleWantDiesChristChallengesPrayerAnswersLordPrayingAmbitionDiedPaidFruitSelfishGuaranteesWillingnessMissionaryMinistryRevealingOur PrayersRuthlessGuarantees ThatSelfish Ambition Author:Floyd McClung
“If you feel sincerely sorry on account of your sins, and believe that Christ is able and willing to forgive you, the work is done. You may trust with all the confidence of a child who confesses his fault, and casts himself into his father's arms. This is faith; a simple trust in the power and willingness of the Father to forgive, for the sake of what Christ the Son has done.” IfsFeelsBelieveMayChildrenDoneAbleFatherChristSinSimpleWillingSonArmsAccountsForgivingFaultsSorrySakeCastsWillingnessSincerely Author:Samuel I. Prime
“The Christian test was a willingness to believe in the one Jesus Christ and His Message of salvation. What was demanded was not criticism but credulity. The Church Fathers observed that in the realm of thought only heresy had a history.” BelieveChristianFatherJesusChristChurchAtheismMessagesJesus ChristCriticismTestsSalvationPositive AtheismRealmsWillingnessHeresyCredulityChurch Fathers Book:The Discoverers Source: The Discoverers
“The Risen Christ proclaimed not that we 'have to forgive,' but rather, that at last we CAN forgive-and thereby free ourselves from consuming bitterness and the offender from our binding condemnation. This process requires genuine human anger and grief, plus-and here is the awful cost of such freedom-a humble willingness to see the offender as God sees that person, in all his or her terrible brokenness and need for God's saving power. I would never tell another, 'You have to forgive.'” NeedsHumansPersonsLastsProcessChristGriefTerribleCostForgivenessForgivingHumbleGenuineAwfulSavingPlusWillingnessBitternessConsumingRisenBrokennessCondemnationBindingOffenders Author:Gordon Dalbey