We are called to be disciples of Jesus.
The problem is that we have the mindset of this world/Satan.
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We are
Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? —Romans 6:16
This is our inheritance:
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. —Matthew 5:3
The good news is that God has a plan.
Recreate us to be like Jesus.
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. —2 Corinthians 5:21
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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. —1 John 1:9
- Filled with the
We write this to make our joy complete. —1 John 1:4
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We must choose to follow God’s plan.
1. Count the
Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.” —Mark 8:34-38
2.Choose to
Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey – whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience which leads to rightousness? But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to unrighteousness. —Romans 6:16-18
3.Commit to being
Are you all in?