“When we rise from our prayer, it means, not that we “finish” it, but that we let it flow out into our work.”

“If you are what you say you are, you will set the world ablaze.”

“Fear paralyzes. Fear in its mildest, tamest form is a party pooper. It is a wet blanket that smothers the fiery passion God deposited in your heart when he formed you. Fear freezes us into inaction. Frozen ideas, frozen souls, frozen bodies can’t move, can’t dream, can’t risk, can’t love, and can’t live. Fear chains us.” (Becoming Myself: Embracing God's Dream of You by Eldredge, Stasi)

“ We are an Easter people and alleluia is our song!”

He loved us to the end. “Father into your hands and commend my spirit”.

“When Christ came into our midst to redeem us, says a great theologian, he descended so low that after that no one would be able to fall without falling into him.”

That cross will be his sword; with it, he will vanquish death and defeat sin by his obedience and the shedding of his blood.

What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task of love. It seems easier to be God than to love God, easier to control people than to love people, easier to own life than to love life. (Reflections on Christian Leadership Henri J.M. NOUWEN)

PInecrest Academy 7th Grade Girls’ Retreat: Temptation: looking around and comparing yourself

But the paradox with Christianity is that the future is fundamentally already the present. The future has shifted to the present. In and with Christ, the kingdom of heaven has come. “The kingdom of God is in your midst” (Lk 17: 21).