Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self? —Luke 9:23-25 (NIV)

What does it mean to take up your cross daily?

- It’s going to be tough

- You will endure hardship

And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law […]” —Luke 9:22 (NIV)

- Your old self won’t make it out alive

[…] and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.” —Luke 9:22 (NIV)

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. —Luke 9:24 (NIV)

How do you take up your cross daily?

- Embrace the

- Remember the

fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. —Hebrews 12:2 (NIV)

- Don’t do it

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