#jesus

You deserve every mountain falling. You deserve every ocean reaching. You deserve all creation crying out your worth. You deserve all of Heaven singing. You deserve every nation rising, but I have heard that what You want most is my love. ↗

— Natalie Grant

#christianity #christians #god #jesus #natalie-grant

Obedience is the virtue that determines whether a person is either a servant or a rebel. Life of integrity is built on obedience of God's statutes and nothing else. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#building #christ #christian #christianity #do-unto-others

But without wisdom, imagination is like a cruel taskmaster. ↗

— Wm. Paul Young

#jesus #religion #the-shack #imagination

In Ephesians 5, Paul shows us that even on earth Jesus did not use his power to oppress us but sacrificed everything to bring us into union with him. And this takes us beyond the philosophical to the personal and the practical. If God had the gospel of Jesus's salvation in mind when he established marriage, then marriage only 'works' to the degree that approximates the pattern of God's self-giving love in Christ. ↗

— Timothy Keller

#love #marriage #sacrifice #the-self #love

Everything smaller than Heaven bores us because only Heaven is bigger than our hearts. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#catholicism #christianity #god #hearts #heaven

Fear cannot stay in the same house as Jesus Christ. ↗

— Jack Coe

#fear #god #jesus #love #revivalist

Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you love me more than these other people?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs. ↗

— Anonymous

#jesus-christ #religion #love

For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son [Stalin], so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. ↗

— Austin

#jesus #love-story #pol-pot #stalin #love

Today someone asked me if that old stereotype about hot-headed Italians is true. I answered this way: About 2,000 years ago, there was a guy running around hollering about peace & love ... and we nailed his ass to a cross! (Hope that answers your fuckin' question!) ↗

— Quentin R. Bufogle

#italians #jesus-christ #religion #stereotypes #love