" Every believer has a cross of some kind that Christ expects him to carry
cheerfully each day as a demonstration of his discipleship. Life is a matter
of choices. If we have made a decision to follow Christ, there must be
purposeful self-denial in our lives or we have not really learned the
meaning of true discipleship. Salvation is free, but discipleship is costly.
Bearing the cross involves a willingness to look beyond our own affairs
and to share the load of others in order that they too may have a personal
relationship with the Saviour."
The man who wrote this, Henry F. Lyte, had frail health yet he worked &
built a up a Sunday School class in England of more than 800!
I do not know how this hymn goes, but the words are powerful!
Here is the first stanza.....
Jesus, I my cross have taken, all to leave and follow Thee;
destitute, despised, forsaken -Thou from hence my all shalt be.
Perish ev'ry fond ambition - all I've sought and hoped and known!
Yet how rich is my condition - God and heav'n are still my own!
WOW! Can I sing that and mean it? Can you?
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