Quiet Time Notes

Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God

Mission - Taking Up the Cross

December 2nd, 2010
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Two questions to ask ourselves:
Is the power of the cross producing real changes in my life?
Are lost souls being radically converted as I preach?

The message of the cross will seem foolish to those we are teaching if they do not see the daily demonstration of its power for us who are being saved

Christians described in Romans 6

• v4 - new life
• v7 - freed from sin
• v11 - dead to sin but alive in Christ

Taking up our cross must be each and every day
Our days are composed of countless choices and decisions
Each step that Jesus took towards the cross he took willingly

It takes 1000s of bricks to build a house, it takes 1000s of righteous choices to build a Christ-like character
Our hearts - lost world needs to know how we feel towards our Father
Our conversation - we should never get tired of telling our conversation story
Our example - Our daily temptations and victories should be only shared
Key Phrase: Each step that Jesus took towards the cross he took willingly