Tag: Discipleship

“And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, this is the one who will save it. For what good does it do a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself.” (Luke 9:25-23 NASB) This is your...

In the days of our youth, we were assigned daily chores. During that era, it was rare that anyone in our neighborhood had a dishwashing machine, and certainly there were no maids. The oldest children were “the maids” and they were made to do various household tasks, actually made by the father who made up the rotation schedule. To supplement the schedule, he made sure to make mention of...

“And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to follow Me , he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me .” (Luke 9:23 The Message Bible) It seems like I often follow a long meditation with a short one on purpose.  However, I assure you that is not the case.  I just write what the Lord puts on my heart. Today my mission is to relay this relevant,...

“You, therefore, will be perfect , as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48 The Amplified Bible) Usually when I go to a store that has multiple entry ways, and notice someone standing outside one door with a clipboard in hand, attempting to get people to stop and answer questions, I go to the other door.  However, on this certain day, I didn’t do my usual thing.  No, I...

“Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you…” (Mark 1:17 NKJV) You are about to purchase an item, be it a car or clothing, a decorative item, or a device, shoes or when shopping whatever catches your eyes, and as usual, one of the things you do is to look at where it was made.  You then draw conclusions, right or wrong, about the quality of the item, merely based on...

“Another day, a man stopped Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” Jesus said, “Why do you question me about what’s good? God is the One who is good. If you want to enter the life of God, just do what he tells you.” The man asked, “What in particular?” Jesus said, “Don’t murder, don’t commit adultery, don’t steal, don’t lie, honor...

“Students are not greater than their teacher.  But the student who is fully trained will become like the teacher.” (Luke 6:40 NLT) Three situations came to mind yesterday.  The first was when the regular classroom teacher would assign you homework, collect it, but you never saw it again.  You still don’t know how well you did up to this day.  The second situation was when the...