Today, I am reading and commenting on  Luke 9.

Jesus told His disciples that if we want to be His disciples we need to be willing to deny ourselves and accept whatever suffering comes our way from proclaiming Jesus’ name.  He continues that gaining everything we might possibly desire has no value if we lose ourselves in the process.  He finishes this piece of His teaching by telling us that if we are ashamed to stand up and acknowledge our allegiance to Him in public, He will not acknowledge us before God.   Am I willing to suffer, or even die, in order to serve God?  Actually, probably a more difficult question, am I willing to be inconvenienced in order to serve God?

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.