Kingdom Come: Take Up Your Cross

Houston's First Baptist Church

Following Christ requires more than just receiving salvation. It demands a lifelong commitment to spiritual transformation. Jesus calls us to deny ourselves and take up our cross, which means choosing the harder path over comfort and removing ourselves from the center of our own universe. This involves denying ourselves ease by serving others when it's inconvenient and denying ourselves ego by recognizing God as the true center of all things. Taking up our cross means abandoning self-leadership…