John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips Apr 15

Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” (Luke 23:43, NIV)

John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips Apr 15

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do no know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34, NIV)

John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips Apr 15

If a mother is mourning…her dead child…it’s a comfort to believe the child hasn’t lost the end for which it was created.
—C.S. Lewis

John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips Apr 12

Above his head they placed the written charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. (Matthew 27:37, NIV)

John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips Apr 11

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. (John 15:13, NIV)

John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips Apr 10

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
—Marcel Proust

John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips Apr 10

There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.
—Roger Staubach

John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips Apr 10

Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. (Hebrews 13:2)

John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips Apr 9

The Lord has given me the tongue of a teacher that I know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens my ear. (Isaiah 50:4)

John B. Phillips‏ @JohnBPhillips Apr 8

Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. (Luke 9:23, NIV)