We Might Be Crazy, But COMMITMENT: (def.) Something that engages one to do something, a continuing...

We Might Be Crazy, But

COMMITMENT: (def.) Something that engages one

to do something, a continuing obligation.

~ Webster’s Dictionary

“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life

for me will save it.”

~ Jesus of Nazareth

“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found

wanting. It has been found difficult, and left untried.”

~ G.K. Chesterton

 “The gospel Jesus proclaimed was a call to discipleship, a call to

follow him in submissive obedience, not just a plea to make

a decision or pray a prayer.”

~ John F. MacArthur, Jr.

“No one may truly know Christ unless one follows him in life, and no one may follow him without first knowing him.”

~ Hans Denck, 16th Century Anabaptist

“Only he who obeys truly believes, … and only he who

believes truly obeys.”

~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“ A love walk does not come easily or without personal sacrifice. Each time we choose to love someone, it

will cost us something - time, money or effort. That's why we are

told to count the cost before we make the commitment.”

~ Joyce Meyer

“ Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by

the traffic from both sides.”

~ Margaret Thatcher

“ The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am I if I am not a participant? In order to be,

I must participate.”

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Flight to Arras)

“He is no fool who loses what he cannot keep to gain

what he cannot lose.”

~ Jim Elliot, Martyred Missionary

Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he said. "Go, sell everything you have and give

to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come,

follow me." At this the man's face fell. He went away sad, because he

had great wealth.

~ Mark 10:21-22 NIV

In the face of persecution, imprisonment, and death, believers

understood that they were being called, by unwavering confession of their Lord, to share the suffering by which Christ

had overcome the forces of evil abroad in the world. The death of a martyr – a

“witness” – was thus the glorious culmination of a struggle that led to

eternal life.

~ Williston Walker, Historian.

“In the same way, any of you who does not give up

everything he has cannot be my disciple.”

~ Jesus of Nazareth

“ To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be

in danger.”

~ James Baldwin ("My Dungeon Shook" The Fire Next Time)

“ Commitment can be illustrated by a breakfast of ham and eggs. The chicken

is involved, and the pig is committed.”

~ Richard Knapp

“ I thought that was funny.”

~ Paul Morris

“ The relationship between commitment and doubt is by

no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is

healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of

doubt. “

~ Rollo May

“ The true value of a human being is determined

primarily by the measure and sense that he has

attained liberation from the self.”

~ Albert Einstein

“He is Lord, and those who refuse him as Lord cannot

use him as Savior.”

~ John F. MacArthur Jr.

He (Jesus) refuses to be a side order to what you have already decided would be

your life’s main dish. He is not the “would you like fries with that” kind of Messiah.

~ Bruxy Cavey

“For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus'

sake.”

~ Paul, Letter to the Corinthian Church

We Might Be Crazy, But