Monday, January 2, 2023

Luke 9:23-25 Part 1 of 3

Then he said to the crowd, "If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it. And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but are yourself lost or destroyed?"

"If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me."
Matthew 10:38  "If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine."
Matthew 16:24  Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross and follow me."
Mark 8:34  Then, calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, "If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross and follow me."
Luke 14:27  "And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple."
John 12:26  "Anyone who wants to be my disciple must follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And the Father will honor anyone who serves me."
Philippians 2:3-4  Don't be selfish; don't try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don't look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.

"If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it." 
Matthew 10:39  "If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it."
Matthew 16:25  "If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it."
Matthew 19:29  "And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will inherit eternal life."
Mark 8:35  "If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it."
Luke 14:33  "So you cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own."

Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. Limited to 15 verses per post.
 

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