Luke 9:23-24
Jesus said to all, “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.”

To be a Christian is to be a radical in today’s culture. The culture says grab and amass more and more…satisfy your ego’s every whim and desire. Jesus says…deny those desires…carry your daily struggles and persecutions…and follow His path. For the paradox is this: If we follow our culture’s path we end up with lots of material stuff…that all eventually disappears. It certainly will…when we die. And we end up not knowing truly why we lived in the first place! But if we follow Jesus and let go of our ego’s insatiable desires…we end up finding our true selves…and the true meaning of our existence. That is true salvation!

Suggested song of the day– “Salvation” on the Live to Love album.
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Have a blessed day!