Is Jesus Our First Love?

April 19, 2020

Luke 14:25-35 — Discipleship requires that Jesus must be our first love. We must love Him more than anyone and anything else. We must be ready to suffer shame and death for Him. Jesus paid it all for us. Have we paid it all for Him? If we don’t count the cost, and are not willing to pay the cost of following Jesus, we will be useless as kingdom workers.

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Die to Live

March 8, 2020

Mark 8:31-38 — Die in order to live. Die to self to save self. To have life we must deny self, take up our crosses and follow Jesus. We cannot save ourselves. Nothing in the world can save us. Only the Cross! We must bring all of and everything in our lives under the rule of Jesus Christ. We must say no to being the lords and bosses of our own lives, and make Jesus Lord of our lives. We must not disown or be ashamed of Jesus, but stand up and speak out for Him, even if that leads to death because we will live with Him forever.

This is part of our Lent 2020 sermon series called Take Up Your Cross.

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