1. Nobody said it was easy… 2. "The cross is laid on every Christian. The first Christ-suffering which every man must experience is the call to abandon the attachments of this world." — Dietrich Bonhoeffer 3. "Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again." — Dietrich Bonhoeffer 4. "God has not promised to keep us safe. He has promised to keep us." — Elisabeth Elliot 5. "Suffering is not God's failure. It is often His method." — F.B. Meyer. 6. "To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world." — Karl Barth. 7. "If Jesus is not Lord of all, He is not Lord at all." — Oswald Chambers 8. The Christian walk isn’t easy. But it’s the best decision you’ll ever make.

What to take into this next week:

"Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head."

Heaven came down