Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to.

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Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. Matthew 16:24-25

Sermon Passage : Galatians 2:20 Galatians 2:20

20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Message: Die And Let's Live Speaker: Rev. Walter Lau

20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Die And Let’s Live Meditate on Christ’s Sacrifice

20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

A.W. Tozer says that people who are crucified with Christ have three distinct marks: 1. They are facing only one direction. 2. They can never turn back. 3. They no longer have plans of their own.

Die And Let’s Live Meditate on Christ’s Sacrifice Imitate on Christ’s Sacrifice Imitate on Christ’s Sacrifice