The Gospels do not explain the resurrection; the resurrection explains the Gospels.  Belief in the resurrection is not an appendage to the Christian faith; it is the Christian faith.

John S. Whale

Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.  He will be delivered over to the Gentiles.  They will mock him, insult him and spit on him; they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”  The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.

Luke 18:31-34
The New International Version

Our old history ends with the cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.

Watchman Nee

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You should make a special point of asking God every morning to give you, before all else, that true spirit of meekness which He would have His children possess.  You must also make a firm resolution to practise yourself in this virtue, especially in your interaction with those persons to whom you chiefly owe it.  You must make it your main object to conquer yourself in this matter.  Call it to mind a hundred times during the day, commending your efforts to God.  It seems to me that no gift more than this is needed in order to subject your soul entirely to His will, and then you will become more gentle day by day, trusting wholly in His goodness.  You will be very happy, my dearest child, if you can do this, for God will dwell in your heart, and where He reigns all is peace.  But if you should fail, and commit some of your old faults, do not be disheartened, but rise up and go on again, as though you had not fallen.

Francis de Sales

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Genesis 50:20
The King James Version

Prayer serves as an edge and border to preserve the web of life from unraveling.

Robert Hall

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O Lord, Thou knowest what is best for us; let this or that be done, as Thou shalt please.  Give what Thou wilt, and how much Thou wilt, and when Thou wilt.  Deal with me as Thou thinkest good.  Set me where Thou wilt, and deal with me in all things just as Thou wilt.  Behold, I am Thy servant, prepared for all things: for I desire not to live unto myself, but unto Thee; and oh, that I could do it worthily and perfectly!

Thomas à Kempis

Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?  If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him.  For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17
The English Standard Version

God would never permit evil if he could not bring good out of evil.

Thomas Watson

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Unholy tempers are always unhappy tempers.

John Wesley

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Ephesians 4:25
The English Standard Version

We cannot go where God is not, and where God is, all is well.

Unknown

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“In the morning,” a beautiful metaphor for the resurrection of the dead—“the morning” which will introduce eternity…which points us to a “day” of extraordinary kind, when God Himself shall rise upon us as the sun, and surprise us with the discovery of His glory.

John Calvin

Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth.

1 Samuel 3:9
The King James Version

Witnessing is not a spare-time occupation or a once-a-week activity.  It must be a quality of life.  You don’t go witnessing, you are a witness.

Dan Greene

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There is no true and constant gentleness without humility.  While we are so fond of ourselves, we are easily offended with others.  Let us be persuaded that nothing is due to us, and then nothing will disturb us.  Let us often think of our own infirmities, and we shall become indulgent towards those of others.

François Fénelon

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Galatians 6:2
The Revised Standard Version

For silence is not God, nor speaking is not God; fasting is not God, nor eating is not God; loneliness is not God, nor company is not God; nor yet any of all the other two such contraries.  He is hid between them, and may not be found by any work of thy soul, but all only by love of thine heart.

The Cloud of Unknowing

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Life for all of us is full of opportunities for being kind, for showing the friendship of Christ, but how many of us fail to note the opportunities, to understand the needs, the heart-hungers, and to be the friend in need.  The friendship of Christ never fails.  Much of the failure of human friendship is negative—in not doing the things that ought to have been done.  We are not unkind to our friends, but we are not kind.  We do nothing to harm them, but neither do we do the things which would do them good.

J. R. Miller

Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel.  As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.  And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear.

Philippians 1:12-14
The New International Version

Dost thou live and fear God?  It is enough!  I give thee the right hand of fellowship.

Common greeting of John Wesley

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We see a great number who can talk well enough of the gospel, and yet have nothing but a tongue.

John Calvin

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:4
The New Revised Standard Version

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn’t have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.

George Lichtenberg

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God our Father has made all things depend on faith so that whoever has faith will have everything, and whoever does not have faith will have nothing.

Martin Luther

If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

1 John 4:12
The King James Version

It is thy duty oftentimes to do what thou wouldst not, thy duty, too, to leave undone what thou wouldst do.

Thomas à Kempis

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Cheered by the presence of God, I will do at each moment, without anxiety, according to the strength which He shall give me, the work that His Providence assigns me.  I will leave the rest without concern; it is not my affair.  I ought to consider the duty to which I am called each day, as the work that God has given me to do, and to apply myself to it in a manner worthy of His glory, that is to say, with exactness and in peace.  I must neglect nothing; I must be violent about nothing.

François Fénelon

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

Proverbs 1:33
The King James Version

This world is our passage not our portion.

Matthew Henry

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