Come Follow Me | Pastor Opie Swails

Mark 8:34  1. Deny self. The hardest by far.  2. Take up YOUR cross. THIS is impossible unless complete denial of SELF has been accomplished.  3. Follow ME! I believe this is the easiest because there is nothing left at this point!  "What was the two-word invitation Jesus used when HE called HIS original Disciples"? Jesus is The ONLY ONE walking in the right direction, we had better follow HIM.                   "How To"REALLY Follow Jesus!   Lost Sheep, (wandering around, not staying with the herd)  Luke 15:4  Lost Coin, (by accident, carelessness) Luke 15:8  Lost Son (lured away by sin/the things of the world)Luke 15:24  So, the Lord truly cares about the "lost"! “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Luke 19:10 Ezekiel 34:16 Here is the "How To" “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:” Matt 7:7  1. PRAY---Asking for God's Help.            Luke 10:2 Then He said to them, "The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. 2. SEEK---Constantly looking for and identifying lost people.            Luke 15:20……"And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him." 3. KNOCK---Making PHYSICAL CONTACT.            Revelation 3:20 "Behold, I stand at the door and KNOCK. If anyone hears MY voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with ME."  WE SEEK WHAT HOLDS VALUE TO US!!!!!!!