“Any person who only sticks with Christianity as long as things are going his or her way, is a stranger to the cross” WayPersonsLongChristianityCrossesSticksStranger Author:Timothy Keller
“Give me ... a compassionate heart, quickly moved to grieve for the woes of others and to active pity for them, even as our Lord Jesus Christ beheld our poverty and hasted to help us. Give me grace ever to alleviate the crosses and difficulties of those around me, and never to add to them; teach me to be a consoler in sorrow, to take thought for the stranger, the widow, and the orphan; let my charity show itself not in words only but in deed and truth.” GivingHeartHelpingShowsJesusChristChristianityLordPovertyTeachGraceSorrowJesus ChristCrossesGive MeDifficultyMovedAddCharityDeedsStrangerActivePityGrievingCompassionateWoeOur LordWidowsOrphanLord Jesus ChristAlleviateOur Lord Jesus Christ Author:Johann Arndt
“Whatever you may do for your brother, being hungry, and a stranger, and naked, not even the devil will be able to despoil, but it will be laid up in an inviolabe treasure.” MayAbleChristianityBrotherDevilStrangerTreasureHungryNakedYour Brother Author:Saint John Chrysostom
“Let us remember the poor, and not forget kindness to strangers; above all, let us love God with all our soul, and might, and strength, and our neighbour as ourselves.” SoulMightRememberForgetPoorChristianityKindnessStrangerGod LoveNeighbour Author:Athanasius of Alexandria