Demand #8 - Willene

Take Up Your Cross And Follow Me

• Following Christ is denying ourselves, letting go of our own wants and desires, and doing His will, His wants and desires instead
  
• "[Jesus] did not die to make this life easy for us or prosperous. He died to remove every obstacle to our everlasting joy in making much of him."
• Following Christ isn't easy, but God has placed an everlasting joy inside of us that will look past the struggles and trials; that no matter how hard it gets, we have joy knowing that we are in Christ and are doing what He wills

This chapter taught me to endure. To keep going even when things get hard. To keep going even if it hurts. Because God has given us this joy that nothing and no one can ever take away.