[Tuesday's Devotional] - Lead and Follow

Lead and Follow   Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.  For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.  What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?  For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.  Matthew 16: 24-27 [NIV] There is a lot of emphasis on leadership, in life, in our working environments, even in our churches.   Whether you are in leadership, or not, make sure you are following Jesus.  Leaders especially have a great responsibility to teach truth, model discipleship and follow Jesus.  The more gifts you have been given, the more wise you need to be to ensure they are used well. The way of the cross is not "comfortable Christianity" – if you are not moving out of your comfort zone in your discipleship, you are not following the teaching and example of Jesus! To think about: What does it mean to deny myself? What am I doing to follow the example and teaching of Jesus today?   Dave MacLellan   Twitter Website Copyright © 2016 St. Matthews & St. Oswalds Church, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email as a subscriber to the Daily Devotionals Our mailing address is: St. Matthews & St. Oswalds Church 1a New Street Rugby, Warwickshire CV22 7BE United Kingdom Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list Want to be added to our mailing list? - sign up here!