“Jesus is all we have; he is all we need and all we want. We are shipwrecked on God and stranded on omnipotence!” WantNeedsSpiritualJesusOmnipotenceStranded Author:Vance Havner
“There are many who say they want to be victorious Christians, but few are willing to endure the discipline necessary to make one a good solider of Jesus Christ. There is a prize to possess, but before we possess it there is a price to be paid, and few will pay it.” WantChristianJesusChristPayWillingDisciplineJesus ChristPaidEndureChristian InspirationalPrize Author:Vance Havner
“The whole point of the kingdom of God is Jesus has come to bear witness to the true truth, which is nonviolent. When God wants to take charge of the world, he doesn't send in the tanks. He sends in the poor and the meek.” WorldWantWholeJesusPoorBearsKingdomsWitnessKingdom Of GodTanksMeek Author:N. T. Wright
“Sometimes we are tempted to be that kind of Christian who keeps the Lord’s wounds at arm’s length. Yet Jesus wants us to touch human misery, to touch the suffering flesh of others. He hopes that we will stop looking for those personal or communal niches which shelter us from the maelstrom of human misfortune and instead enter into the reality of other people’s lives and know the power of tenderness. Whenever we do so, our lives become wonderfully complicated and we experience intensely what it is to be a people, to be part of a people.” PeopleKnowsWantHumansKindSometimesRealityChristianSufferingJesusLordOur LivesArmsMiseryComplicatedFleshWoundsLengthMisfortunesTendernessShelterTemptedWant UNicheMaelstrom Book:The Joy of the Gospel Source: The Joy of the Gospel
“Sometimes there are things worth risking your life for. It was Jesus who said if you want to save your life, you have to lose it.” IfsWantSaidSometimesJesusLosesRisking Your Life Author:Gene Robinson
“I want to see young people who as committed to the cause of Jesus Christ as their young people are to the cause of Islam. I want to see them as radically laying down their lives for the Gospel as they are over in Pakistan and Israel and Palestine and all those different places, you know, because we have... excuse me, but we have the truth!” PeopleKnowsWantDifferentYoungJesusCausesChristJesus ChristIslamCommittedExcuseIsraelPakistanPalestineDifferent PlaceExcuse MeLaying Down Author:Becky Fischer
“Our Lord did not want to remain on earth only through His grace, His truth or His words; He remains in person. We possess the same Lord Jesus Christ Who lived in Judea, although under a different form of life. He has put on a sacramental garment, but He does not cease being Jesus, the Son of God and the Son of Mary.” WantPersonsDoeDifferentEarthFormJesusChristLordGraceSonJesus ChristRemainsCeaseMarySacramentsOur LordGarmentsLord Jesus Christ Author:Peter Julian Eymard