II Corinthians 4:5-7
"For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."
Meditation
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23
"Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." Luke 13:24
"He was oppressed, and He was afflicted...." Isaiah 53:7
Have you ever dwelt on the fact that for every deep breath He took on the Cross, He had to raise Himself, and that at the cost of hellish pain in the living, lacerated flesh adjacent the cruel nails which transfixed Him there?
"...He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities...." Isaiah 53:5
How often do you dwell on the somber fact that to rescue you from the clutches of the devil and to ransom you from the sentence of death, the Lord, the Creator, even your Spirit-Father, divested Himself of all the Heavenly glory? Have you never beheld Him in vision and realized that it was for you He took that cruel flogging which would have killed most persons? That merciless flogging took almost the last ounce of His strength. Yet under the weight of the Cross He struggled, and often fell. But to complete your redemption was like unto a mania with Him: you had to be set free!