Quotes about Christ

God also puts His people in the middle of things for the same reason that He put the tree of temptation in the middle of the garden--so that our choice to follow Him would be a conscious, daily one. Every time we publicly choose to live for Christ, He is glorified.

Death was not God's choice; it was man's. Death is unnatural, a punishment for sin. But God countered man's choice with another perfect plan—He redeemed us in Christ so we could live forever with Him.

Life as a Christ follower will always be a learning process of depending less on our own strength and more on God's power.

When we know Christ, it should show in our overflow, regardless of our relative success or discouragement in the face of rejection.

The Devil wants me to fill my emptiness with an unhealthy dependence on the acceptance of others. Because then he can get me so focused on the shallow opinions of others I get completely distracted from deepening my relationship with Christ.

A Jesus girl who rises up and unexpectedly gives grace when she surely could have done otherwise reveals the power and the mystery of Christ at work — in her life and in the world.

When we have Christ, we are full—fully loved and accepted and empowered to say no.

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. (COLOSSIANS 3:1 — 2)

You're giving yourself too much credit, the only reason you have any grace (to give or receive) is through Christ.

It is impossible to grasp the fullness of God without grasping the fullness of the love of Christ.

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ. (Phil. 1:9—10, emphasis added)

For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.