Take Up Your Cross (“Journey To The Son” Week 4 of 4)

People often think that this passage means to bear the circumstances before you, i.e. a bad marriage, a job you hate, or a particular health struggle. Jesus means more than those things, though, as evidenced by the verse immediately after this quote, but He also includes another very important instruction: deny yourself. In fact, the whole quote is that one who wishes to follow Jesus must “deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.” We talked about what it means to follow Christ last week, but this week we need to talk about we have to let go to make room for the cross.

Scriptures Today: Mark 8:34-38 // Matthew 26:41 // Romans 7:19-25 // John 3:30 // Galatians 2:20 // Matthew 28:16-20 // Matthew 5:14-16

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