Neal A. Maxwell Quotes

Jesus says if you want to have me, you must give up that other thing that has you.

Christian life means sacrifice.

Discipleship, following Jesus Christ is the toughest thing that you're going do in your whole life. You're not going to find anything tougher.

Cheap grace is grace without discipleship.

Through discipline, discipline is the other side of discipleship. If you want to follow Jesus, you have to have discipline.

Jesus said, "Any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:33). We must honestly face the question, "Am I willing to give up a certain practice or habit that is keeping me from holiness?" It is at this point of commitment that most of us fail. We prefer to dally with sin, to try to play with it a little without getting too deeply involved.

If any want to become my followers," Jesus says. Following him is not something that is self-evident, even among the disciples. No one can be forced, no one can be expected to follow him. ... "If any want to follow me, they must deny themselves ... and take up their cross.

The bottom line in the Christian life is obedience and most people don't even like the word.

If every call to Christ and His righteousness is a call to suffering, the converse is equally - every call to suffering is a call to Christ, a promotion, an invitation to come up higher.

Put your nose into the Bible everyday. It is your spiritual food. And then share it. Make a vow not to be a lukewarm Christian.

If you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to - follow a little closer.

If we are not willing to wake up in the morning and die to ourselves, perhaps we should ask ourselves whether or not we are really following Jesus.

Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.

The cross is not a mere event in history; it's a way of life! Take up your cross DAILY, Jesus said!

The first lesson in Christ's school is self-denial.

The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.

Salvation is free, but discipleship costs everything we have

Discipleship is crucial to our ultimate destiny, but its cost is total commitment.

Once again, Jesus calls those who follow him to share his passion.

Followers of Jesus who count the cost and are willing to take up their crosses after him must have broad shoulders.

Carrying the cross does mean following in Jesus' footsteps. And in His footsteps are rejection, brokenheartedness, persecution and death. There are not two Christs - an easy going one for easy going Christians, and a suffering one for exceptional believers. There is only one Christ. Are we willing to follow His lead?

It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness.

Jesus' call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.

When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.

More than once Jesus deliberately addressed certain issues that quickly diminished the number of onlookers. It was commitment that thinned the ranks.