In order to be something new it means that something else has to die, In order for You to become a new creation it means your old self has to die. (Luke 9:23) Imagine having to die daily just so you can live? The ironic part is that many of us are in-fact already dead, in our soul, our spirit, in our thoughts, actions, behaviors, etc. We may be physically alive but we are all dead when we are separated from God. Because our very design and creation wasn't meant to live apart from Him.

"Carry your cross"; a cross being an instrument of death. What is your instrument of death? Is it traumas you hold onto, toxic behaviors and thoughts, is it addictions, your tongue, false beliefs you hold about yourself and others, is it surface level indulgences, insecurities or maybe its avoidance of anything uncomfortable. What is your cross?

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