When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die. Only the man who is
dead to his own will can follow Christ.--Dietrich Bonhoeffer, executed in
a Gestapo concentration camp on April 9, 1945
Perhaps many--even most--believers really desire to seek after God and to
walk with God. Yet, most get stuck at the entrance. And why? Because
few of us are willing to die, and it is in this disposition (dying to self) that so
sovereign a gift is found.--Michael Molinos, died in prison in 1693
To wholly live for Christ, there must be a holocaust of self. My will must
become ground zero for complete annihilation. Then, and only then, will
it be "no longer I, but Christ."--Chip Kirk
If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself, take up his cross,
and follow me.--Jesus (Mark 8:34)
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