Today’s Scripture: Summoning the crowd along with
His disciples, He said to them, “If anyone wants to be My follower, he must
deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me. Mark 8:34
Read Mark 1. How is Jesus calling you to
deeper followership?
In
Not a Fan-- Teen Edition Kyle
Idleman, writes,
In
your mind picture yourself walking into a local coffee shop. You grab a snack
and get a drink and then walk towards the back where it isn’t crowded… Now,
imagine that Jesus comes in and sits down next to you… You suddenly realize you
haven’t prayed for your food. You decide to say your prayer out loud, hoping
that Jesus will be impressed. You start off okay, but you understandably get
nervous and pray ‘Three things we pray: to love thee more dearly, to see they
more clearly, to follow thee more nearly, day by day, by day.’ You quickly say
‘Amen’ when you realize you’ve quoted Ben Stiller’s prayer from Meet the Parents.”
At
Jesus’ baptism God the Father declared of Jesus, “You are My beloved Son; I
take delight in You.” (Mark 1:11) When you believed the gospel and trusted
Christ as your Savior, you were “clothed in Christ’s righteousness and
declared, “holy, faultless, and blameless” before God (Colossians 1:22). This
means that the same delight God the Father had in Jesus, He now has in you. How
does this truth motivate you to move from an enthusiastic admirer to a full on
committed follower?
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Not a Fan: What Does it Mean to Really Follow Jesus? Teen Edition - Slightly Imperfect By Kyle Idleman / Zondervan |
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