01/29 Matthew 10:38
If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine.
STOP
Stop where you are. Who are you following? Follow Jesus. Serve Him and obey Him. Do not follow the World.
Category - Devotionals
01/28 Matthew 10:37
“If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine.
FIRST
JESUS is first. Always first. Forever first. Follow Christ. Serve Him. Do not let the world and things of this world stand in your way. Jesus is First.
01/27 Matthew 10:34-36
“Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword. 35 ‘I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 Your enemies will be right in your own household!’
JOURNEY
The journey of faith and service will be difficult. Even your own family may oppose you. Keep the faith. Serve the Lord with gladness.
01/26 Matthew 10:32-33
“Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33 But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.
TRUST
Trust the Lord. Tell everyone you meet about what Jesus has done for you.
01/25 Matthew 10:29-31
What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin ? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. 30 And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. 31 So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.
YOU
You and everything about you counts with the Lord. Jesus loves you.
01/24 Matthew 10:28
“Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
FEAR
Fear involves fear but also involves more than that-it includes respect and a wanting to do right and then doing it. Fear the Lord and obey Him.
01/23 Matthew 10:26-27
“But don’t be afraid of those who threaten you. For the time is coming when everything that is covered will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all. 27 What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear!
WORK
Do the Work of Jesus in the World and He will be with us and protect us until the day that we stand before Him face to face.
01/22 Matthew 10:24-25
“Students are not greater than their teacher, and slaves are not greater than their master.
25 Students are to be like their teacher, and slaves are to be like their master. And since I, the master of the household, have been called the prince of demons, the members of my household will be called by even worse names!
READY
Ready to suffer for Jesus? It will get rough if you do as He says. The World will hate you but Jesus has given us eternal life beginning right now.
01/21 Matthew 10:23
When you are persecuted in one town, flee to the next. I tell you the truth, the Son of Man will return before you have reached all the towns of Israel.
DO
Our call is to first Be and then Do. To be the kind of person that God called us to be and to do what God calls us to do. Be first then Do.
01/20 Matthew 10:21-22
“A brother will betray his brother to death, a father will betray his own child, and children will rebel against their parents and cause them to be killed. 22 And all nations will hate you because you are my followers. But everyone who endures to the end will be saved.
STAND
Stand hitched. In pain and sorrow, trust the Lord. In death and difficulties, trust the Lord. In all things listen to Jesus, let Him help and heal you and you will survive. We are children of the King and He has already won the victory.