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Mark chapter 8 verses 34 and 35 and calling the crowd to him with his disciples. He said to them,

if anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

For whoever would save his life will lose it. But whoever loses his life for my sake and the

gospels will save it. This is obviously not an isolated teaching from Jesus. We see this all over

the different gospels. Jesus saying this numerous times it's one of his most famous innocence

sayings and there are some places in the gospels where Jesus says, if anyone would come after me,

let him deny himself daily and take up his cross and follow me. We need this reminder on a daily

basis that as followers of Jesus, you and I have died to ourselves. Galatians chapter 2 verse 20,

we are crucified with Christ and we no longer live. We don't live anymore. Instead, Christ lives

in us. It's his life. His life is our life. We have died to ourselves. We've taken up a cross. We

have crucified ourselves. We are followers of Jesus in the life which we now live. We live by faith.

Galatians 2 20 says in Jesus, the one who loved us and gave himself for us. So this is your life.

My life today is a follower of Jesus. And listen to the last part here in Mark chapter 8 verse 35,

whoever would save his life will lose it. But whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospels

will save it. So what does it look like for you today to lose your life for the sake of Jesus,

for my sake and for the sake of the gospel? Just ask that question and live accordingly today.

What does it look like to lose your life, to lay down your life for Jesus sake and for the

gospels sake today? This is how we are intended to live today and tomorrow and every single day.

So can we just say together in a fresh way right now? God, we have been crucified with Christ

and we no longer live and we are so thankful that we no longer live that Christ lives in us.

Jesus, you are our life today. We die to ourselves. We pray that you'd help us to die to sin,

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