Dec 17, 2020
The reason prayer is hard is because dying to ourselves, humbling ourselves, getting over ourselves, and coming to the end of ourselves is so hard.
Burk Parsons
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The reason prayer is hard is because dying to ourselves, humbling ourselves, getting over ourselves, and coming to the end of ourselves is so hard.
Burk Parsons
Repentance means that you realize that you are a guilty, vile sinner in the presence of God, that you deserve the wrath and punishment of God, that you are Hell-bound. You renounce the world whatever the cost, the world in its mind and outlook as well as its practice. You deny yourself, and take up the cross and go after Christ. Your nearest and dearest, and the whole world, may call you a fool, or say you have religious mania. You may have to suffer financially—but it makes no difference. That is repentance.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
When He Walks Ahead
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The Road That Costs Everything
A Day in the Life “Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.’” — Matthew 16:24 When I read these words of Jesus, I am immediately confronted with how easily I soften them. We often speak of “bearing our cross” when referring to an illness, a difficult coworker, financial strain, or even the consequences of…
The Freedom of Letting Go
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As the Day Ends
Luke 9:23 – “Then He said to them all: ‘Whoever wants to be My disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow Me.’” As the light fades and we turn our hearts toward rest, Luke 9:23 offers us one final invitation—not just to peace, but to purpose. These are the words of Jesus, spoken not in a quiet synagogue or beside a gentle stream, but in the midst of a conversation…
Free to Follow
Embracing the Cross of ChristA Day in the Life of Jesus “If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give it up for me, you will save it.”—Matthew 10:39 (NLT) Jesus was never one to mince words. When He spoke to His disciples about discipleship and the cost of following Him, He did not offer a diluted version of faith that would be palatable to the masses. Instead, He prepared them…
Lenten Reflections, 12 – The Way of the Cross
(Photo Credit – Golgotha – Flickr) Welcome to Lenten Reflection 12 on habeascorpus1.blog. This series takes as its point of departure the second-best selling book of all time in the Christian world after the Bible – The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471). As explained in Part 1 of this series, the content of these reflections is a combination of citations from The Imitation and…
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