The Joy of Sacrifice
To the Cross and Beyond - Part 1

Luke 9:57-62

Hebrews 12:2 a
Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way…

1 Corinthians 4:11-13
11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
13 when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world—right up to this moment.

Following Jesus is More Important than…

1. Personal Comfort - (vv. 57-58)
2. Family Obligations - (vv. 59-60)
3. The Approval of Others - (vv. 61-62)