Let no one fear death, for the Death of our Savior has set us free. He has destroyed it by enduring it.He destroyed Hell when he descended into it. He put it into an uproar even as it tasted of His flesh." John Chrysostum (ancient Christian preacher)
"Jesus is an alternative to the dominant ways of the world, not a supplement to them. We cannot use impersonal means to do or say a personal thing - and the Gospel is personal or it is nothing."
Eugene Peterson, author of The Message Bible
"The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became Man for no other purpose. It is even doubtful, you know, whether the whole universe was created for any other purpose."
CS Lewis, British writer and theologian, died 1963
Finally from Laura Story's When God Doesn't Fix It; "When we go through trials, it's easy for us to pray for protection from harm, for our health, for our safety, and for our own happiness. But I think God has more planned for us than those things. He's asking us if we'll still believe and have faith even if our life isn't comfortable, our days are filled with trials, our prayers aren't answered the way we like, and our dreams die. He's asking us to have faith, even during our trials, because He has more good planned for us than we could ever hope for or imagine."
The Lord God Almighty is with you, loves you and will be sufficient for you.
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