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Thursday, January 8, 2026

Saint: the end of sacrifice

30th anniversary of CQOD
Commemoration of Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, and Pete Fleming, martyrs, Ecuador, 1956

Meditation:

[Jesus:] “The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.”

—John 12:25 (NIV)

Quotation:

If God would grant us the vision, the word “sacrifice” would disappear from our lips and thoughts; we would hate the things that seem now so dear to us; our lives would suddenly be too short; we would despise time-robbing distractions and charge the enemy with all our energies in the name of Christ. May God help us to judge ourselves by the eternities that separate the Aucas from a comprehension of Christmas and Him, who, though He was rich, yet for our sakes became poor so that we might, through His poverty, be made rich.

... Nate Saint (1923-1956), in End of the Spear, by Steve Saint, Tyndale House, 2010, p. 309 (see the book)

Quiet time reflection:

Lord, my cup overflows with Your goodness.

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