Matthew 10:38-39

Matthew 10:38-39  

38 and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Thoughts on this verse…

Jesus wants us to seriously look into our hearts and surrender those things that hold us back from fully following and serving him. We know what they are. He comes to us with his now nail-scarred hands and reminds us that he gave up everything to redeem us. He now wants us to surrender to the Cross the things that hold us back. Let's do it today!

Psalms 119:133  

Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.

Thoughts on this verse…

God's word is a light to our dark path in a morally uncertain world. It must be our standard for right and wrong, righteousness and evil. As God's will and Word have sway in our life, we are delivered from all sorts of destructive practices that can ruin our lives.

Romans 6:23  

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Thoughts on this verse…

Our sin earns us death. God's grace gives us life. The difference between these two extremes? The Cross of Christ which spans the chasm of our sin and brings us to the mercy, forgiveness, and redemption of God!

Psalms 73:23-26 

23 Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.

24  You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.

25  Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.

26  My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Thoughts on this verse…

In times of confusion, we can take comfort that while we may not understand everything while here on earth (read Psalm 73:1-22), God will be faithful. Everything we have and know here on earth is subject to decay, but our relationship with the LORD is our strength forever. He will not abandon, fail, or forget us.