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.
The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope. - Tim Keller
The gospel is not good advice. It is good news.