1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back

“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23

Why is it that with every step you take forward, life takes you two steps back? When Christians turn their life over to Christ, they must:

1. Receive God’s love and through an intimate relationship with Him, acknowledge the sacrifice of sending His son to die on the cross for OUR sins.
2. Believe in the Holy Trinity (God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit) and that only through Him alone, can we find eternal salvation.
3. Repent of our sins; this is where many people fail. The hard truth is that in order to truly be a follower of Jesus Christ, one must pick up their own cross – daily. This is an every day challenge. Leaving the sinful desires and selfish ways behind to walk a new life in His light is difficult but through Him, all things are possible.

Today, He invites you to follow Him. Eternal salvation trumps all other priorities in life.