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What is this cross that we're all called to bear?

To bear the cross means one thing.

It means deny yourself and put God first.

So many chase after happiness at the expense of nearly everything else.

Today, Pastor Greg Lorry, says, happiness ultimately comes from pursuing after God.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to be happy,

but it's not by chasing happiness.

You find it by putting God first in your life and following Him.

This is the day when the lost I found.

This is the day for a new beginning.

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound.

Again you hear from the angels are seen it.

This is the day. So much of life is determined by our focus. Do we focus on career more than family or family more than career?

Do we focus more on pursuing goals or enjoying the journey? Some focus on

happiness. It's their most important pursuit in life. And yet happiness isn't found

through direct pursuit. Today on a new beginning, Pastor Greg Lorry points out happiness

comes when we put God before ourselves, when his will becomes our will.

That's our clash to bear. the day when life begins.

Jesus came to this earth to die for the sins of the world.

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