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Luke 9:23-25
Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?

I'm learning more and more each day just how hard it is to deny myself. There are so many wants that the world puts out there, that in normal daily life seem so important... but they're not. I used to wonder what it meant to take up my cross... now I think that the very act of denying myself is taking up that cross. I want to follow Jesus, I believe him to be the son of God. I believe in what he teaches and I want to teach others his good news. That's a cross to take up, because the worldly man in me wants a more comfortable earthly life. More money, a new car, a nice vacation in the sun, these are the cravings that I must put aside daily. It's hard because there are so many "Christians" that are following the worldly things and are not following Christ. I will pray each day that God will lead me in the right paths that I need to follow.