Today’s song focus will be

Take Up Your Cross & Follow Jesus

Matthew 16:24 (NASB95)         

“ Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.”          

Performed by the fabulous and renowned Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir in 1990 and written by Jane Johannson Knoedler & Steve Millikan, this moving ballad challenges the believer to follow after Christ unashamedly. When Jesus spoke to His disciples, he was telling them that it was not going to be an easy task and they would have to set aside their own wants and desires and follow Him with everything they got.

Take up your cross and follow Jesus   Take up your cross every day
Don’t be ashamed to say that you know Him
Count the cost, take up your cross and follow Him

We need to once again wake up and realize, just like last week’s challenge, that this is a daily choice. Counting the costs ahead of time and determining in our hearts and minds that we are going to follow after Jesus, no matter what, is what we have to do.

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Take Up Your Cross & Follow Jesus