Follow Me!
Part IV; October 15, 2023
A little farther up the shore Jesus saw Zebedee’s sons, James and John, in a boat repairing their nets. He called them at once, and they also followed him, leaving their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired men. —Mark 1:19-20 (NLT)
“The Hardest Part of Following”
Five Thoughts About Leaving:
Leaving can be extremely difficult.
Leaving can come with a lot of feelings of guilt.
Leaving sometimes requires a huge step of faith.
Leaving can mean there may be sacrifice.
Leaving can be unbelievably lifechanging.
What do YOU need to leave?
Leave attitudes and behavior that you know are
You can’t become who God has called you to be while still holding on to who you used to be!
For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light! —Ephesians 5:8 (NLT)
Leave bad
Don’t fool yourselves. Bad friends will destroy you. —1 Corinthians 15:33 (CEV)
It’s hard to leave good friends, but people who lead you away from God are not your friends!
Leave places that force you to
Better to be poor and honest than to be dishonest and rich. —Proverbs 28:6 (NLT)
Wherever you are, be WHO you are!
Leave your
It is a fact that a grain of wheat must fall to the ground and die before it can grow and produce much more wheat. If it never dies, it will never be more than a single seed. —John 12:24 (ERV)
If you are willing to die to yourself, you can awaken to your dreams!