Thoughts

The Lord Jesus went through sufferings to glory. This is also the way for every one of His disciples. Therefore Christ told His disciples what they had to do if they wanted to follow Him ...

He suffered an atoning death upon the cross, without which there could be no example. The question of sin must be settled, a righteous relationship with God must be established first. Then the example comes in...

It is breathtaking to think that a gift given to a servant of the Lord should be memorialized with language similar to that which describes the Unspeakable Gift...

I once saw a lamb die. It was a most moving, most awful sight. 

When we understand the true spiritual nature of Christian giving and the vast range of its influence, we are delivered from giving grudgingly or of necessity...

Many Christians are satisfied with expenditure in which there is no “shedding of blood.” They give away what they can easily spare...

There is a needs-be for us to give ourselves for the life of the world … Fruit-bearing involves cross-bearing...

The knowledge of Christ in glory was the supreme desire of Paul’s heart. The heart that longs after Him instinctively turns to the path by which He reached that place in glory...

Sometimes God wants us to really sacrifice ourselves for the needs of others, and to do so without allowing resentment or discontentment to rise in our hearts...

We know that it costs nothing to become a Christian, but we should also know that a life of genuine discipleship costs plenty...