"Nobody gets a blessing if they have cold feet and nobody ever got saved while they had toothache!“
“What is the use of preaching the Gospel to men whose whole attention is concentrated upon a mad, desperate struggle to keep themselves alive?“
William Booth "We must wake ourselves up! Or somebody else will take our place, and bear our cross, and thereby rob us of our crown.“
William Booth ‘Open your hearts to the ones who are desperate, open your heart open your heart’ They may never repay you but their souls are worth it, the life you impart when you open your heart. For Jesus loves all men the same so we’ve got to go out in His name.’
Keith Green Matthew 25:34-40 ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me.’ 1.2 million young adults alone have engaged in drug taking activity this year.
The NHS say that between 2016/17 337,000 admissions to hospital were for alcohol related issues.
5507 deaths were as a result of alcohol related illness in this period, 17% up from the previous 10 years. ‘God loves with a great love the man whose heart is bursting with a passion for the impossible.’
William Booth 1 John 4:7- 9 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
Verse 19 ‘We love because He first loved us.’ ‘If a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live.’
‘Nothing worthwhile is gained without sacrifice.’
Martin Luther King Jr 1 Cor 5:14
‘For Christ’s love compels us because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And He died for all that those who live shall no longer live for themselves but for Him who died and rose again.’