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Following Jesus

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โ€œIn teaching people what it means to be a Christian, we spend much of our time and effort bringing them to a point of belief without clearly calling them to follow. We have taken โ€œbelieveโ€ and we have written that in capital letters with bold print: BELIEVE. But everything that has to do with following has been put in small print: follow.โ€

โ€œJesus doesn’t hold back with Nicodemus.

Following Jesus would require a commitment that would cost Nicodemus a great deal….In fact, it’s true throughout all of Scripture….Following Jesus isn’t something you can do at night where no one notices. It’s a twenty-four-hour-a-day commitment that will interfere with your life. That’s not the small-print–that’s a guarantee.โ€

Kyle Idleman, Not a Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus

Love Is A Commitment

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โ€œLove is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to make some very difficult choices. It is a commitment that demands that you deal with your lust, your greed, your pride, your power, your desire to control, your temper, your patience, and every area of temptation that the Bible clearly talks about. It demands the quality of commitment that Jesus demonstrates in His relationship to us.โ€

Ravi Zacharias

Youโ€™re Blessed

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Matthew 5:1-12ย The Message

Youโ€™re Blessed

When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed, climbed with him. Arriving at a quiet place, he sat down and taught his climbing companions. This is what he said:

โ€œYouโ€™re blessed when youโ€™re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.

โ€œYouโ€™re blessed when you feel youโ€™ve lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.

โ€œYouโ€™re blessed when youโ€™re content with just who you areโ€”no more, no less. Thatโ€™s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that canโ€™t be bought.

โ€œYouโ€™re blessed when youโ€™ve worked up a good appetite for God. Heโ€™s food and drink in the best meal youโ€™ll ever eat.

โ€œYouโ€™re blessed when you care. At the moment of being โ€˜care-full,โ€™ you find yourselves cared for.

โ€œYouโ€™re blessed when you get your inside worldโ€”your mind and heartโ€”put right. Then you can see God in the outside world.

โ€œYouโ€™re blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. Thatโ€™s when you discover who you really are, and your place in Godโ€™s family.

โ€œYouโ€™re blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into Godโ€™s kingdom.

โ€œNot only thatโ€”count yourselves blessed every time people put you down or throw you out or speak lies about you to discredit me. What it means is that the truth is too close for comfort and they are uncomfortable. You can be glad when that happensโ€”give a cheer, even!โ€”for though they donโ€™t like it, I do! And all heaven applauds. And know that you are in good company. My prophets and witnesses have always gotten into this kind of trouble.”


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