Take up your cross

Take up your cross

This precious cross. This pain that pushes me closer to the Savior every day.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

Those of us who claim to be Jesus' disciples need to reexamine what it really means to follow Christ. We may not ever be called upon to be martyred for our faith, but we have to realize that the Christian life is a total commitment to the one who gave himself fully for us

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"Sin is ugly. It should be killed daily. I die every day, because Jesus said, 'Take up your cross daily' and crosses are for dying." (John Piper)

In Mark 8:34, Jesus says "Take up your cross and follow me." What does it mean to take up your cross and follow me? We examine that in practical terms.

This 1-minute devotion addresses ways that we avoid taking up our cross and following Christ. It also offers the Biblical solutions.

Before you take up your cross...

"If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me." - Luke 9:23

As faithful followers of Jesus, we must take up our cross, die to ourselves, and lose everything that is not of God. This is how we become Christlike, familia! ✝️ Say AMEN if you're willing to take up your cross. #ChristJourney #MiamiChurch #Christlike #Surrender #DieToSelf