Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me

February 15, 2024

Fearing God Alone – Matthew 10

26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. 27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak you in light: and what you hear in the ear, that preach you on the housetops. 28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear you not therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows.


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Confessing Christ – Matthew 10

32 Whoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. 33 But whoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

The Sword of the Gospel – Matthew 10

34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. 36 And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

Take up Your Cross – Matthew 10

37 He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And he that takes not his cross, and follows after me, is not worthy of me. 39 He that finds his life shall lose it: and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.

The Reward of Service – Matthew 10

40 He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me. 41 He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. 42 And whoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

After Prayer, I Saw the Miracle in Desperation

By Li Qiang About 6 p.m. on December 20, 2011, my husband and I were loading cargo in a goods yard in Guangzhou. Suddenly, my husband’s cellphone rang. Seeing it was my family, I quickly received it and heard my younger brother anxiously cried: “Sister, hur...

I Have Finally Found the Way of Promoting Marital Harmony (II)

By Qainbei Later, we read another passage of God’s words, “In the last days, Christ uses a variety of truths to teach man, to expose the substance of man, and to dissect the words and deeds of man. These words comprise various truths, such as man’s duty, ho...

God Blessed Job Double: Job 42:10-17

God Blesses Job (Job 42:10-17) And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his ...

Bible Verse–Revelation 14:12

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Bible Verse–Psalm 145:3

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

How I Resolved the Conflicts with My Sisters-in-law and Achieved a Harmonious and Happy Family

By Xiaoyi Before I got married, I always saw the sisters-in-law in my neighborhood argued with each other over trivial family affairs, and even created a widespread uproar. I thought: It is often said, “A tree lives with its bark; a man lives with his face,...

Bible Verse–Deuteronomy 11:1

Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, always.

Bible Verses–Job 42:7-9

Job 42:7-9 7And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends: for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has....