Monica Johnson Quotes

Jesus' life as a foot-washing servant would eventually lead to the adoption of humility as a widely admired virtue.

I believe in unconditional love and equality. Jesus Christ exemplified these qualities.

Jesus sowed good seeds into the lives of the people He touched. His walk was humble, meek, giving, and forgiving, and He taught His disciples to be the same way.

I try to embrace people with love, unconditional love, like Christ did.

I think that's the true litmus test for someone who has become closer to Jesus: their heart is more loving, accepting, childlike, less believing that they have all the answers and more believing in Him.

As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must turn the other cheek, give up our cloak, go a second mile.

We are taught that revenge is strong and compassion is weak. We are taught that power is more important than love.

Jesus Christ is a prince of peace. He told us to live in peace. He told us to love our enemies. He told us to do good to them that spitefully use us.

If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.

If we focus on loving others the way God does, scripture says that we will be fulfilling His whole law.

Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving.

Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.

In Christ we see a maturity of love that flowers in self-sacrifice and forgiveness; a maturity of power that never swerves from the ideal of service; a maturity of goodness that overcomes every temptation, and, of course, we see the ultimate victory of life over death itself.

What's hard, it seems, is living up to the words spoken by Jesus Christ, who preached naught but love and mercy and justice and humility.

He is the best of men who dislikes power.

What would Jesus have done in precisely similar situations?

The world calls for, and expects from us, simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility, detachment, and self-sacrifice. Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man.

If we all lived according to the teachings of Jesus Christ, life would be much simpler.

We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake.

As a Christian, you forgive, and you feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and you visit the sick and comfort the lonely. If I'm a true follower of my lord and saviour Jesus Christ, I got to do the things you're supposed to be doing.

Jesus told us to learn from him how to be meek and humble of heart. We must look at his life if we are to have any concept of what humility is all about.

Honestly, what Jesus was about was laying his life down for the marginalized who didn't have it all together.

Jesus was loyal to his apostles, with full knowledge of their cowardice. He was loyal to the poor, accepting the criticism of the Pharisees, so the destitute would never feel deserted. He was loyal to his father, accomplishing his will even unto death.

The life of Jesus is a life for others. It is a life of service.

No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures.