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Then Jesus said to his disciples,“If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.”
Matthew 16:24, CSB
God moves in His own time and purpose, and He calls us tondeny our own will over our lives and humbly and patiently follow His will.
And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment, so that you may approve the things that are superior and may be pure and blameless in the day of Christ
Philippians 1:9-10, CSB
We are called to be the hands and feet of Jesus, and that includes helping each other as the Chirch grow in love through the knowledge of God and His Word and discerning His movements in the world to point others to Christ.
So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
Galatians 4:7, ESV
We are called to be the hands and feet of Jesus, so we are called to serve the world in the same sacrificial manner, yet we also are called to eternal life and joy in Him.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10, CSB
God is our Creator and Savior, and He invites us to rest from trying to make our life good and to join in His work of making the world new.
Above all, maintain constant love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8, CSB
God cares for us and provides for us. In His love, we then care for others and draw them closer to Jesus.
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
Philippians 2:3, ESV
We are called to unity in Christ, and it starts with looking out for each other’s needs before our own, just as Christ put our need for salvation over His own rights as God.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
John 10:10, ESV
We give up our old life when we come to Christ, a lofe led by evil choices and following the ways of Satan. In Christ we have true life and peace.
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 4:23, ESV
The cost of following Jesus is not pursuing every desire but only what good and Holy. It is seeking God and His will above all and sharing His truth with others: life in Christ.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”
John 15:12, ESV
God became a man to show us His love and grace, reminding us of the greatest commandments: Love God and love others.
Now we share His grace by loving His saved and forgiven people, the Church, as well.
because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:9, ESV
Our God came to us to give us His love, grace, and forgiveness. If we truly believe this and confess Jesus’ death and resurrection, we are granted this salvation from God’s wrath against our sin.
a simple man of God 