How to Win Over Yourself
Richard Bradley
Luke 9:21-27
HOW TO WIN OVER YOURSELF
Luke 9:21-27
21 Jesus warned his disciples not to tell anyone who he was.
22 ''The Son of Man must suffer many terrible things,'' he said. ''He will be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He will be killed, but on the third day he will be raised from the dead.''
23 Then he said to the crowd, ''If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me.
24 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
25 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but are yourself lost or destroyed?
26 If anyone is ashamed of me and my message, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in his glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels.
27 I tell you the truth, some standing here right now will not die before they see the Kingdom of God.''
NKJV
From experience we know the toughest battles most of us face are those we fight against ourselves. We can watch an opponent and learn his strengths and weaknesses and then draw up a plan of action to defeat him. When I played competitive tennis this is exactly what I did.
But how do we defeat ourselves? In order to be Disciples of Christ this is what we'll have to do. In the New Testament some did defeat themselves and serve the Lord successfully. However, some didn't. These are the ones we learn from.
Notice a 4-part plan for defeating ourselves.
1. WE CAN ONLY DEFEAT OURSELVES BY MAKING A DEFINITE DECISION
Luke 9:23 Then he said to the crowd, ''If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me.
Many of us find it hard to decide which way to go in life. We try to hold on to God with one hand and the ways of the world with the other. The only way to follow ...
Richard Bradley
Luke 9:21-27
HOW TO WIN OVER YOURSELF
Luke 9:21-27
21 Jesus warned his disciples not to tell anyone who he was.
22 ''The Son of Man must suffer many terrible things,'' he said. ''He will be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He will be killed, but on the third day he will be raised from the dead.''
23 Then he said to the crowd, ''If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me.
24 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
25 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but are yourself lost or destroyed?
26 If anyone is ashamed of me and my message, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in his glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels.
27 I tell you the truth, some standing here right now will not die before they see the Kingdom of God.''
NKJV
From experience we know the toughest battles most of us face are those we fight against ourselves. We can watch an opponent and learn his strengths and weaknesses and then draw up a plan of action to defeat him. When I played competitive tennis this is exactly what I did.
But how do we defeat ourselves? In order to be Disciples of Christ this is what we'll have to do. In the New Testament some did defeat themselves and serve the Lord successfully. However, some didn't. These are the ones we learn from.
Notice a 4-part plan for defeating ourselves.
1. WE CAN ONLY DEFEAT OURSELVES BY MAKING A DEFINITE DECISION
Luke 9:23 Then he said to the crowd, ''If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me.
Many of us find it hard to decide which way to go in life. We try to hold on to God with one hand and the ways of the world with the other. The only way to follow ...
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