Matthew 16:24 (NIV) Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."
Luke 14:33 (NIV) In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.
"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult, and left untried." —G. K. Chesterton in What's Wrong with the World.
Elesha Hodge, comp., Today's Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "CHRISTIAN CALLING".
