ThenHe said to them all, "If anyone desire to come after Me, let
him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me
LUKE 9: 23 NKJV
SAINT Francis De Sale wrote, "The cross God now sends you he has considered with His all-know"Not my willing eyes, understood with His divine mind , tested with His wise justice, warned with loving arms, and weighted with Hisown hands to see that it is not be one inch too large and not one ounce too heavy for you,"
What is your cross? Your cross is your connection with the will of God, and it demands your voluntary surrender of your own will to what the Father wants of you, No, this is not to be feared. It is to be acknowledged as climbing the steps to heaven, walking in the footsteps of Jesus, doing Hus will day by day. It is trusting God for His grace and strength to do what He demand of you
The cross represents a simple, voluntary act of obedience and contrition. Scripture tell us that Jesus was obedient unto death, and that same obedience marks the man or woman of faith who can honestly say, "Not my will, Lord, but your
When Paul said, "I have been crucified with Christ and I ni longer live, but Christ lives in me, " it is the past tense with a present tense application. In others words, it all began at certain point. That was the day Paul shouldered his cross and began walking with the Lord, but it continues day by day.
"Must Jesus bear the cross alone and all the world go free?" Asked Thomas shepherd in 1693. He then answered his own question, writing, "No, there's a cross for everyone,and there's a cross for me. "Don't worry about what God may ask if you tomorrow simply bear the cross with your name on it and trustGod's strengthjydtfir today
him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me
LUKE 9: 23 NKJV
SAINT Francis De Sale wrote, "The cross God now sends you he has considered with His all-know"Not my willing eyes, understood with His divine mind , tested with His wise justice, warned with loving arms, and weighted with Hisown hands to see that it is not be one inch too large and not one ounce too heavy for you,"
What is your cross? Your cross is your connection with the will of God, and it demands your voluntary surrender of your own will to what the Father wants of you, No, this is not to be feared. It is to be acknowledged as climbing the steps to heaven, walking in the footsteps of Jesus, doing Hus will day by day. It is trusting God for His grace and strength to do what He demand of you
The cross represents a simple, voluntary act of obedience and contrition. Scripture tell us that Jesus was obedient unto death, and that same obedience marks the man or woman of faith who can honestly say, "Not my will, Lord, but your
When Paul said, "I have been crucified with Christ and I ni longer live, but Christ lives in me, " it is the past tense with a present tense application. In others words, it all began at certain point. That was the day Paul shouldered his cross and began walking with the Lord, but it continues day by day.
"Must Jesus bear the cross alone and all the world go free?" Asked Thomas shepherd in 1693. He then answered his own question, writing, "No, there's a cross for everyone,and there's a cross for me. "Don't worry about what God may ask if you tomorrow simply bear the cross with your name on it and trustGod's strengthjydtfir today
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