For Christ's Sake

Sake - end, purpose; 
           the good, advancement, 

           or enhancement of ; 
           personal or social welfare, 

           safety, or benefit

The key to advancing 

      through adversity is to view it 

             as for Christ's sake.

                                      – Charles Stanley

Whatever was to my profit 

         I now consider loss
    for the sake of Christ.
What is more, I consider 

             everything a loss
    compared to the surpassing 

             greatness
        of knowing Christ Jesus 

             my Lord, 
    for whose sake I have

             lost all things.

                                    – Philippians 3:7-8

We are hard pressed on every side, 

         but not crushed;
    perplexed, but not in despair;
        persecuted, but not abandoned;
            struck down but not destroyed.
We always carry around in our body 

            the death of Jesus,
    so that the life of Jesus 
        may also be revealed in our body.
For we who are alive are always
    being given over to death 

       for Jesus' sake,
          so that His life may be revealed
              in our mortal body.

                            – 2 Corinthians 4:8-11

 "My grace is sufficient for you,
     for my power is made perfect

                in weakness."
Therefore I will boast all the 

    more gladly about my weaknesses,
        so that Christ's power 

               may rest on me.
That is why, for Christ's sake,
    I delight in weaknesses, in insults, 

        in hardships, in persecutions, 

            in difficulties.
For when I am weak,
    then I am strong.

                           – 2 Corinthians 12:9-10