#jesus

I have died many times. I have actually beaten Jesus Christ because he only died once. ↗

— Robert Mugabe

#beaten #because #christ #died #i

Jesus didn't say, 'Blessed are those who care for the poor.' He said, 'Blessed are we where we are poor, where we are broken.' It is there that God loves us deeply and pulls us into deeper communion with himself. ↗

— Henri Nouwen

#broken #care #communion #deeper #deeply

I know that many of you do wear such a cross of Christ, not in any ostentatious way, not in a way that might harm you at your work or recreation, but a simple indication that you value the role of Jesus Christ in the history of the world, that you are trying to live by Christ's standards in your own daily life. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#christ #cross #daily #daily life #harm

There was no pomp and ceremony in connection with the birth of Jesus - rather the opposite: it took place in simplicity and in poverty. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#ceremony #connection #jesus #opposite #place

My story is the story of countless millions of children whose families and nations were torn apart for money in the name of Jesus Christ. ↗

— Sinead O'Connor

#children #christ #countless #countless millions #families

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#cannot #created #creator #every #every man

For love is a willful stirring of our thoughts unto God, so that it receive nothing that is against the love of Jesus Christ, and therewith that it be lasting in sweetness of devotion; and that is the perfection of this life. ↗

— Richard Rolle

#christ #devotion #god #jesus #jesus christ

The name of Jesus, like a secret charm, awakened similar emotions in the hearts of all the converts, and called immediately into action every feeling of moral loveliness, and every desire of dutiful obedience, which constitute Christian purity. ↗

— John Strachan

#awakened #called #charm #christian #constitute

Jesus Christ was God's revenue officer. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#god #jesus #jesus christ #officer #revenue

Conversion is a complete surrender to Jesus. It's a willingness to do what he wants you to do. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#conversion #jesus #surrender #wants #willingness