Luke 9:23-24

He was saying to them all, “If anyone desires to come

after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross

daily and follow Me.

Luke 9:23-24

24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but

whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will

save it.

To follow Jesus I must:

deny myself.

Mark 12:28-30

One of the teachers of religion who was standing

there listening to the discussion realized that Jesus

had answered well.

Mark 12:28-30

So he asked, “Of all the commandments, which is the

most important?”

Jesus replied, “The one that says,

Mark 12:28-30

“The one that says, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is

One. And you must love Him with all your heart and soul

and mind and strength.’”

To deny myself means:

- I must love Jesus more than I love

myself.

To deny myself means:

- I must love Jesus more than I love

myself … or anything else.

To deny myself means:

- Don’t depend on yourself.

- Depend on Him

To deny myself means:

- refuse and reject

To follow Jesus you must:

die to yourself.

To follow Jesus you must:

die to yourself.

To follow Jesus I must:

do it daily.

Why should I do this?

Why should I do this?

Because the only way to save your life is to lose it.