Taking Up the Cross: Nothing Else – Part 3

(Click here to search for all the posts in this series…)Matthew 16:24 (NKJV) Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.”A cross is big. A cross is heavy. A cross is awkward....

Taking Up the Cross: Denying Yourself – Part 2

(Click here to search for all the posts in this series…)Matthew 16:24 (NKJV) Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.”What is “the cross”? It is the cost of...

Taking Up the Cross: Going to Your Death – Part 1

(Click here to search for all the posts in this series…)Matthew 16:24 (NKJV) Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.”Jesus had a way of making things simple. The phrase...