Luke 9:23
    And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross DAILY, and follow me.

 

TLB: “Then he said to all, ‘Anyone who wants to follow me must put aside his own desires and conveniences and carry his cross with him EVERY DAY and keep close to me!’”

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AMPC: “And He said to all, If any person wills to come after Me, let him deny himself [disown himself, forget, lose sight of himself and his own interests, refuse and give up himself] and take up his cross DAILY and follow Me [cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying also].”

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Psalm 68:19
      Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

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There is a connection between daily obedience and daily benefits.

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You have to be in the daily flow of taking up your cross—fulfilling the plan of God—before you will experience the daily benefits of God. If you want the daily benefits, you have to be in the daily flow of the plan of God for your life.

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To take up your cross is to take hold of your assignment. It is taking up something that has been authored specifically for you. When you take up what He has authored for you, it will carry you.

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It will lift you out of the low flow of self-effort and into a higher flow—the flow of God’s plan. Take up that which will lift you to a higher flow daily. The plan of God for your life was designed to carry you.

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You can’t live off yesterday’s obedience. This walk of faith is daily. When you quit taking your place in obedience to God’s plan on a daily basis, something else will eventually come in and take its place.

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So, what are you standing in faith for? And more importantly, what are you doing daily? You must release your faith daily for what you are believing God for.

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It’s what you do daily that brings you to your expected end.

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If you have not been faithful to take up your cross—to work the plan of God for your life daily—how will you stand in faith when hardship comes?

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You may decide to stand in faith when the pressure comes, but without a lifestyle of daily walking in obedience and working the plan of God, your spirit will be weak.

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Faith is not something you pull out when you need a miracle. Faith is a daily lifestyle.

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What you do daily is strengthening your spirit for tomorrow.

 

It’s what we do daily that determines where we arrive tomorrow.

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So take up your cross.

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Take hold of your assignment.

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Follow Him. Release your faith.

 

And do it every day.

 

Have a great week everyone and remember Jesus is coming soon!!!