Chasing After The Wrong Things? For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it. For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?        Luke 9:24-25 In today’s…

Following Jesus Means Sacrifice And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.”     Luke 9:23 It’s not an obscure message in today’s culture…the notion that excellence, in a particular sector of life, requires sacrifice. We…

Getting Our Priorities Straight He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who has found his…

Loyalty To Christ Will Bring Division Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies will…

The Proof Is In Our Mouths Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven. Matthew 10:32-33 As we move through life, we will encounter many different…

Our Worth In Jesus So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows. Matthew 10:31 Before we can begin to prioritize Christ in our lives, we must make sure that we truly belong to Him. This happens only when we enter into a personal relationship with Jesus by being born again. But before…

Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel’s sake, but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters…

“If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.”             Luke 14:26 This passage is yet another example of how the cost of discipleship can be…

“Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division; for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother,…

Prayer is talking to God. Talking to God requires a relationship with Him. And because all relationships, earthly and heavenly, must be fostered and nurtured, there are numerous reasons why, from time to time, we might see a strain in our relationships with others, including God. So it would be impossible to outline every cause…