Good Friday Quotes

• On the eve of the cross, Jesus made his decision. He would rather go to hell for you than go to heaven without you.

  Max Lucado

  Friday, Jesus, Decision

  Max Lucado (2013). “Grace for the Moment: Morning and Evening Devotional Journal”, p.202, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

  William Penn

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  No Cross, No Crown (1669) See Proverbs 212

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• Think of everything you've ever experienced that was painful; that's the meaning of Good Friday. Think of all the ways that love ultimately healed your heart; that's the meaning of Easter.

  Marianne Williamson

  Friday, Easter, Heart

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Apr 06, 2012

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• The lesson of Good Friday is to never lose hope — or at least give it 48 hours.

  Robert Breault

  Friday, Time, Giving

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• Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Friday, Easter, Sunday

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• The highest act of love is the giving of the best gift, and, if necessary, at the greatest cost, to the least deserving. That's what God did. At the loss of His Son's life to the totally undeserving, God gave the best gift - the display of the glory of Christ who is the image of God.

  John Piper

  Valentines Day, Son, Loss

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• No matter what the storm clouds bring, you can face your pain with courage and hope. For two thousand years ago-six hours, one Friday-Christ firmly planted in bedrock three solid anchor points that we can all cling to. For the heart scarred with futility, that Friday holds purpose. For the life blackened with failure, that Friday holds forgiveness. And for the soul looking into the tunnel of death, that Friday holds deliverance.

  Max Lucado

  Friday, Pain, Heart

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• When Good Friday comes, these are the moments in life when we feel there's no hope. But then, Easter comes.

  Coretta Scott King

  Friday, Easter, Moments

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• The miracle of Good Friday is that there was no miracle. Legions of angels stood - with swords sheathed - watching as the Son took our place.

  Mark Hart

  Friday, Angel, Son

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• Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events; and we lay hold of a great hope.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Friday, Easter, Fate

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• It is the resurrection that makes Good Friday good.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Friday, Resurrection

  FaceBook post by Ravi Zacharias from Apr 18, 2014

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• I am convinced that when we bring our griefs and sorrows within the story of God's own grief and sorrow, and allow them to be held there, God is able to bring healing to us and new possibilities to our lives. That is, of course, what Good Friday and Easter are all about.

  N. T. Wright

  Friday, Easter, Grief

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• What is good about Good Friday? Why isn't it called Bad Friday? Because out of the appallingly bad came what was inexpressibly good. And the good trumps the bad, because though the bad was temporary, the good is eternal.

  Randy Alcorn

  Friday, Trump, Eternal

  Randy Alcorn (2011). “Ninety Days of God's Goodness: Daily Reflections That Shine Light on Personal Darkness”, p.75, Multnomah

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• Every day of the year is a good day to think more deeply about Good Friday, for Good Friday is the drama of the love by which our every day is sustained.

  Richard John Neuhaus

  Friday, Drama, Good Day

  Richard John Neuhaus (2001). “Death on a Friday Afternoon: Meditations on the Last Words of Jesus from the Cross”, p.9, Basic Books

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• Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.

  Martin Luther

  Friday, Spiritual, Jesus

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• Most Christians are being crucified on a cross between two thieves: Yesterday's regret and tomorrow's worries.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Christian, Regret, Two

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• We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.

  Barbara Johnson

  Friday, Easter, People

  Barbara Johnson (2000). “Boomerang Joy: Joy That Goes Around, Comes Around”, p.167, Zondervan

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• This is the centre of the gospel - this is what the Garden of Gethsemane and Good Friday are all about - that God has done astonishing and costly things to draw us near.

  John Piper

  Friday, Garden, Done

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• Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.

  Blaise Pascal

  Inspirational, God, Friday

  Blaise Pascal, James M. Houston (2006). “The Mind on Fire: Faith for the Skeptical and Indifferent”, p.155, David C Cook

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• Now, who can call 'Good Friday' good? - A term too oft misunderstood - You, who were bought by the blood of His cross, You can call 'Good Friday' good.

  Johnny Hart

  Friday, Blood, Misunderstood

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• Without Easter, Good Friday would have no meaning. Without Easter, there would be no hope that suffering and abandonment might be tolerable. But with Easter, a way out becomes visible for human sorrows, an absolute future: more than a hope, a divine expectation.

  Hans Urs von Balthasar

  God, Friday, Spiritual

  Hans Von Balthasar, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Adrienne von Speyr (2010). “To the Heart of the Mystery of Redemption”, p.39, Ignatius Press

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• The marvel of heaven and earth, of time and eternity, is the atoning death of Jesus Christ. This is the mystery that brings more glory to God than all creation.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Jesus, Easter, Heaven

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• Gethsemane is where He died; the cross is only the evidence.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Friday, Crosses, Gethsemane

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• Upon that cross of Jesus Mine eye at times can see The very dying form of One Who suffered there for me; And from my smitten heart with tears Two wonders I confess The wonders of redeeming love and my unworthiness.

  Elizabeth C. Clephane

  Friday, Jesus, Heart

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• Good Friday was the worst Friday until Sunday.

  Mike Donehey

  Friday, Sunday, Worst

  Twitter post from Mar 25, 2016

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