Hello! and happy holy and family day to all of us, GUYS. Our first-thing-first this Sunday:
THE GOOD NEWS (19 June 2016)
"JESUS also said to all the people, 'If you wish to be a follower of MINE, deny yourself and take up your cross each day, and follow ME. For if you choose to save your life, you will lose it, and if you lose your life for MY sake, you will save it. What does it profit you to gain the whole world while you destroy or damage yourself? If someone feels ashamed of ME and of MY words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of HIM when HE comes in HIS Glory and in the Glory of HIS FATHER with HIS holy angels. Truly, I say to you, there are some here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of GOD'." - Luke 9:23-27
(Take up your cross each day. Here comes the acceptance of the cross which the LORD gives to each one of us and which we do not have to choose because we find it in our destiny. We must not carry it because we are compelled to, but rather we must love it because the LORD wished it for us.
In a world where it has become usual to live one's own life - and in so doing, to waste it, many difficult, even abnormal children, will cause their parents to become true followers of JESUS in bearing their cross.
If you choose to save your life. JESUS refers to the general orientation of our life. HE has nothing in common with those who are only concerned about avoiding "sins," while they pursue their ambitions and their desire to enjoy this life to the fullest. The mere fact of seeking to live without risks separates us from GOD's way.
If someone feels ashamed of ME. Besides the cross given to us each day, GOD will ask us to witness to our faith and in that we will have to run risks, even if it is nothing more than the risk of being ridiculed by our friends and our boss. During periods of violence, can Christians remain silent, limit themselves to their "spiritual" reunions, give no concrete indication of what they themselves think and live?)
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