Take Up Their Cross and Follow Me

Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. — Luke 9:23-24 

Jesus told the crowd that whoever wants to be His disciple must deny themselves and follow Him.

I'm so focused on myself that it's very hard to deny myself.

Not only deny myself, but take up the cross daily and follow Jesus.

The irony is that whoever wants to save their life will lose it.

Whoever loses their life for Jesus Christ will save it.

Really?

Yes. When God says it, I believe i