anywho, i was thinking about Justin's message in besideus last night and it was really good to hear what he had to say about the cost of following Jesus. not because it was a flowery, easy to hear message with promises of eternal bliss, but because it was the truth. the cost of following Jesus completely is great but so is the reward.
write me back. i want to know what runs through your mind when you hear someone explain the cost of following Jesus completely and being willing to give up EVERYTHING to follow Him to the end. be real. be honest with yourself. i won't lie...i know beyond any doubt that His way of living would bring anyone who follows Him to the fullest life imaginable, but it is hard to get out of that every day, me-me-me, materialistic and worldy mind set.
to sum Justin's message up, i think what Jesus said when He told us we had to take up our cross DAILY and follow Him is what this is all about. okay, i'll wait to hear back from ya'll.
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Justin did a great job Sunday! The one thing that hit me was the part about being illegitimate child. I don't know what I would do or think if I found out that my child hood was all a lie, that my parents were not my real mom & dad. So much more do I need to make sure that I'm not living a lie here and now. When I go through the fire, on that day, I want there to be something that last. I don’t want to be the one that He says he did not know.
I totally missed some great messages! Jesus says those who try to keep their life will lose it, those who give up their life will keep it. Our plans to be apart of something is not always God's plan. Sometimes he has other plans in store for us in helping people and geting to the place in Him where he wants us to be. The cost of following Jesus: stop worrying, stop condemning self or allowing others to, keep moving forward and never look back. Sometimes when you only have a couple bucks to your name and someone has a greater need, and you chose to give them what you have...you are blessed by God because you realize that there is no selfishness in giving- that is a great blessing in its self. Personally, I am not perfect which is great knowing that I make mistakes because His strength is made perfect in our weakness.
p.s. looks like i forgot my password (haven't been on the puter in a while)
-K-Rock
I don't have anything profound to say about the message, but I did want to tell you that I'm sorry that Macs suck :-P~~
Love,
Beth
I don't know that I have ever followed Jesus entirely. I have often followed him to the best of my ability. I follow Him with sincerity and an open heart. I follow Him with the wish of the person I could be even though I faulter every single day. Some days I stray hopelessly from his path and some days I feel so on track and close to HIM. Lately I have been following my ways rather then His and it the cost of that is greater by far then the cost of following Jesus.
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