Hebrews 9:16-18 (NIV) 16  In the case of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, 17  because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. 18  This is why even the first covenant […]

  I cannot say it any better than to just give you the SCriptures and a summation of a message given bySteven Lawson.  Please take time to listen to the message at the end of this devotion you will be challenged like never before. Luke 14:25-35 (NIV) 25  Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning […]

Colossians 2:13-15 (NIV) 13  When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14  having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing […]

Philippians 3:18 (NIV) 18  For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. What does it mean to live as an enemy of the cross of Christ? Paul wrote these words from a prison cell in Rome.  From this cell, […]

1 Corinthians 1:18 (NIV) 18  For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.   For the past nine days, we have been walking through the streets of Chicago carrying a cross.  We have been the brunt of […]

Matthew 27:32 (KJV) 32  And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. It was in the garden that Jesus sweat great drops of blood.  It was there that he tried to find another way besides the cross to redeem his chosen ones.  It […]

Luke 9:23-25 (NIV) 23  Then he said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24  For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. 25  What good is it […]

Matthew 27:26 (NIV) 26  Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified. Matthew 27:15-16 (HCSB) 15  At the festival the governor’s custom was to release to the crowd a prisoner they wanted. 16  At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. (Some ancient […]

Mark 15:32 (NIV) 32  Let this Christ, this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him. “I am my own master.  I define my own fate.” In our world, we often hear such statements.  If you are going to […]

Mark 8:34 (NIV) 34  Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. “How much does it cost?” was the question of the inquiring consumer.  The price is almost always that which makes the decision […]