In a conflict of loyalty, obey Jesus at all costs.
If we obey God it is going to cost other people more than it costs us, and that is where the sting comes in. If we are in love with our Lord, obedience does not cost us anything, it is a delight, but it costs those who do not love Him a good deal.
Sanctification means being made one with Jesus so that the disposition that ruled Him will rule us. It will cost everything that is not of God in us.
Get alone with Jesus and either tell Him that you do not want sin to die out in you - or else tell Him that at all costs you want to be identified with His death.
The center of salvation is the Cross of Jesus, and the reason it is so easy to obtain salvation is because it cost God so much.
When once you realize all that it cost God to forgive you, you will be held as in a vice, constrained by the love of God.
Our salvation comes to us so easily because it cost God so much.
Sanctification costs to the extent of "an intense narrowing of all our interests on earth and an immense broadening of all our interests in God.
It never cost a disciple anything to follow Jesus; to talk about cost when you are in love with anyone is an insult.
Obedience to the call of Christ nearly always costs everything to two people- the one who is called, and the one who loves that one.