Take Up Your Cross

Anchored in Troubled Waters Season 9, Episode 33 Take Up Your Cross Jesus never described discipleship as a life of convenience. Immediately after Peter struggled to understand why Jesus would have to suffer, Christ turned to His disciples and gave them one of His clearest invitations: “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” In this episode of Anchored in Troubled Waters, we explore what it really means to take up our cross. The cross is more than life’s ordinary hardships. It represents the places where following Christ costs us something: pride, comfort, control, approval, opportunity, or our own plans. We will look at why true discipleship begins with surrender, why Jesus calls us to take up our cross daily, how Peter eventually learned the lesson he once resisted, and why nothing surrendered to God in obedience is ever wasted. The world tells us to protect our lives at all costs. Jesus tells us that when we place our lives in His hands, we finally discover what life was meant to be. And when the road is difficult, we remember something Peter had to learn: Friday does not get the final word. The cross is temporary. Glory is forever. Join us for Season 9, Episode 33: Take Up Your Cross.