“Mere improvement is not redemption although redemption always improves people.”
~ C. S. Lewis ~
“I thought I could have leaped from earth to heaven when I first saw my sins drowned in the Redeemer’s Blood.” ~ C. H. Spurgeon ~
“We want to avoid suffering, sin, death, ashes. But we live in a world crushed and broken and torn, a world God Himself visited to redeem. We receive His poured-out life and being allowed the high privilege of suffering with Him, may then pour ourselves out for others.”
~ Elisabeth Elliott ~
“It is not so true that “prayer changes things” as that prayer changes me and I change things. God has so constituted things that prayer on the basis of Redemption alters the way in which a man looks at things. Prayer is not a question of altering things, externally, but of working wonders in a man’s disposition.” ~ Oswald Chambers ~
“I take literally the statement in the Gospel of John that God loves the world. I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists, coheres, and endures by love, and that, insofar as it is redeemable, it can be redeemed only by love. I believe that divine love, incarnate and indwelling in the world, summons the world always toward wholeness, which ultimately is reconciliation and atonement with God.” ~ Wendell Berry ~
“If man had his way, the plan of redemption would be an endless and bloody conflict. In reality, salvation was bought not by Jesus’ fist, but by His nail-pierced hands; not by muscle but by love; not by vengeance but by forgiveness; not by force but by sacrifice. Jesus Christ our Lord surrendered in order that He might win; He destroyed His enemies by dying for them and conquered death by allowing death to conquer Him.” ~ A. W. Tozer ~
“Non-Christians seem to think that the Incarnation implies some particular merit or excellence in humanity. But of course it implies just the reverse: a particular demerit and depravity. No creature that deserved Redemption would need to be redeemed. They that are whole need not the physician. Christ died for men precisely because men are not worth dying for; to make them worth it.”
~ C. S. Lewis ~
“By Christ’s purchasing redemption, two things are intended: His satisfaction and His Merit; he one pays our debt, and so satisfies; the other procures our title, and so merits. The satisfaction of Christ is to free us from misery; the merit of Christ is to purchase happiness for us.”
~ Jonathan Edwards ~
Please pray for ~ Karen ~ Vicky and Dave ~ Steve ~ Rebekah ~ Kimberly‘s MIL and family ~ Debby ~ Sandra ~
ellen b says
I'm coming in late after traveling last weekend. It's always good to read the quotes you gather up for us. Thank you.
dori says
WONDERFUL!
The first sentence (Jesaja) is the blessing-word from my baptism!!!
Sandra @ Thistle Cove Farm says
Dori, that's wonderful!
Debby@Just Breathe says
That's one of my favorite meme, I have it on my phone. Thank you for the quotes and verses you shared. Hope you have a week full of blessings.
Sandra @ Thistle Cove Farm says
Debby, it's on my fb TCF page but I haven't a clue who should receive credit. Some years ago, a friend sent it to me and it's blessed me ever since. You're welcome and thank you for commenting; it's a labor of love and some weeks the ole brain is stumped!
Lisa Richards says
Good stuff! Thanks! 🙂
Sandra @ Thistle Cove Farm says
You're welcome!
Kimberly~Nutbrown Cottage says
Your posts are always so encouraging, Sandra! Thanks for adding my mother-in-law to your prayer list. Her name is Esther. Take care!
Sandra @ Thistle Cove Farm says
Kimberly, thank you and my condolences to family and friends on the passing of Esther, your MIL.
Anita Johnson says
I just love these posts. Thank you!
Sandra @ Thistle Cove Farm says
Bless you Anita and thank you.
FlowerLady Lorraine says
Great encouraging words of God's love for us.
Thank you Sandra for gathering words of wisdom for us to grow by every week.
God's continued blessings on you ~ FlowerLady
Sandra @ Thistle Cove Farm says
Rainy, tank you SO much! It's a labor of love and greatly appreciated knowing it is helpful.