As believers in Christ, we need to learn to exercise the keys of the kingdom to lock up the gates of Hades and release the building up of the church; we need to learn to deny the self, take up our cross, and lose our soul life. If we do not exercise daily to deny […]
Being Willing to Take up our Cross and Bear it for the Building up of the Church
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learning to exercise the key of willingly taking up the cross – being happy cross-bearers
The Lord Jesus was not forced by others or by God to take up the cross – He willingly took up His cross (Matt. 26:39). It should be the same with us – we need to willingly take up the cross. Some people say that their cross is their spouse, their family, their workmates, etc. – and these ones “make them suffer and bear the cross”. They are like suffering criminals forced to bear the cross – but the Lord meant us to be happy cross-bearers! We are not criminals executed by others and thus bearing the cross; we are those who willingly take up the will of God and follow the Lord! [read more online]
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