Word of Encouragement for Every New Day ~ 30 July 2008

Word of Encouragement for Every New Day ~ 30 July 2008

Aligning your will to God's: Dying to your cross daily Luke 9:23 Then he said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Today's word of encouragement is finding out what it means to die to your cross daily. Luke 9:23 says it all. There are three things we need to do daily. 1) Deny himself/herself 2) Take up your cross daily 3) follow Jesus How does dying to our cross daily help us align our will to God’s? To deny ones self means complete and utter surrender to God. To take up your cross daily means everyday we die to our cross, we die to our selfish wants, and desires. And we do this daily why? Because we want to follow Jesus. Today, let’s ask ourselves how often do we die to our cross and if we are doing this on a daily basis. Aligning our will to God’s is daily, just because we accept Christ as our Lord does not mean we are free from sin. Proverbs 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. © July 2008 Shaun Lee. www.everynation.org.sg archive: www.shauntzen.blogspot.com