"Many of us feel an inner collision with the old life and the new one..." - Shane Claiborne
unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies
it remains by itself alone.
But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life/soul
in this world shall keep it to eternal life.
If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me
and where I am, there shall my servant
also be.
if anyone serves me the Father will honor him."
-Jesus, John 12
"Following Jesus is simple, but not easy. Love until it hurts, and then love more."
- Mother Theresa
"Love is a harsh and dreadful thing to ask of us, but it is the only answer." - Dorothy Day
""I think what JESUS is doing is setting us free from the heavy yoke of an oppressive way of life... This love is not sentimental but heart wrenching, the most difficult and the most beautiful thing in the world." - Shane, 136
"The time is alloted me to accomplish my earthly ministry is definitely fixed...
in the eternal degree. If we walk in the light of this plan (which was known to Jesus)
willingly submitting to it, we shall have nothing to worry about (we cannot suffer real injury); if we do not, we shall fail." - commentary on John 11:7-20
"He who believes in Me shall live
even if he dies
and everyone who lives and believes in Me
shall never die. Do you believe this?"
-Jesus, John 11
"it is not so much fleeing from something as dancing toward something new... conversion means to change, to alter, after which something looks different than it did before... we need converts in the best sense of the word, people who are marked by the renewing of their minds and imaginations, who no longer conform to the pattern that is destroying this world."
- Irr. Revolution pg 149
"it is no longer I who live
but CHRIST who lives in me."
Galations 2:20
"No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God, which cost me nothing." - 2 Samuel 24:24
we must ask to be broken.
to die to ourselves.
to be burried to ourselves.
then HIS life springs forth in us.
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