FOLLOWING HIS FOOTSTEPS

 

"Follow Me," Jesus told them, "and I will make you into
fishers of men!" Immediately they left their nets 
and followed Him. - Mark 1:17-18 HCSB
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CHALLENGING YOUR FAITH

Following Christ is a matter of obedience. If you want to
be a little more like Jesus. . .  learn about His teachings,
follow in His footsteps, and obey His commandments.

Jesus walks with you. Are you walking with Him? Hopefully, you will choose to walk with Him today
and every day of your life.

Jesus loved you so much that He endured unspeackable humiliation and suffering for you. How will you respond
to Christ's sacrifice? Will you take up His cross and follow Him (Luke 9:23), or will you choose another path?
When you place your hopes squarely at the foot of the cross, when you place Jesus squarely at the center of
your life, you will be blessed.

The old familiar hymn begins, "What a friend we have in Jesus...." No truer words were ever penned. Jesus
is the sovereign friend and ultimate Savior of mankind. Christ showed enduring love for His believers by
willingly sacrifice His own life so that we might have eternal life. Now, it is our turn to become His friend.

Let us love our Savior, let us praise Him, and let us share His message of salvation and peace with the world.
When we do, we demonstrate that our acquiantance with the Master is not a passing fancy, but is, instead, the
cornestone and the touchstone of our lives.
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"Imagine the spiritual strength the disciples drew from walking
hundreds of miles with Jesus . . ." 2 John 4. - John Maxwell

"The heaviest end of the cross lies ever on His shoulders.
If He bids us carry a burden, He carries it also." - C.H. Spurgeon

"Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only
hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin and decay. But look
for Christ, and you will find Him, and with Him everything 
else thrown in." - C.S. Lewis

"A disciple is a follower of Christ. That means you take 
on His priorities as your own. His agenda becomes your 
agenda. His mission becomes your mission. -  Charles Stanley
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A PRAYER FOR TODAY

Dear Lord, help me become the man I can be and should be. 
Guide me along a path of Your choosing, and let me
follow in the footstep of Your Son, today and every day. 
Amen
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Discovering Peace pg. 173