Die Daily #1 'Take Up Your Cross: A New Surrender'

What did Jesus really mean when He said, “Take up your cross daily”? In Week 1 of our Die Daily series, we explore one of the most confronting invitations Jesus ever gave. To deny ourselves, take up the cross, and follow Him. In the first century the cross was not a symbol. It was an execution device. So when Jesus called people to carry one, He was not talking about inconvenience or hardship. He was calling them to surrender. This message explores the reality that following Jesus costs something. But it also reveals the surprising freedom on the other side of that surrender. The cross is not punishment. It is permission. Permission to stop pretending. Permission to stop performing. Permission to stop saving yourself.