TIMES OF SERVICES

SUNDAY: 9:30 A.M. BIBLE CLASS

10:30 A.M. WORSHIP

WEDNESDAY: 7 P.M. BIBLE CLASS

Welcome to the Haynes Street church of Christ

Taking Up Your Cross Daily

“I guess we all have our cross to bear.”Luke 9:23-24: This statement is so much

deeper than putting up with trouble in life.It calls to mind the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.We are to take up our cross one day at a time

—and take that approach seriously.Imagine walking the streets in Jerusalem and

hearing threats directed at you.Taking up a cross means a proclamation of

guilt.

Taking Up Your Cross Daily

When we hear about taking up a cross, we should hear …Rom. 12:1: Living sacrifices.Gal. 2:20: Christ is in control.Rom. 6:1-7: We crucify our old self with Christ.Eph. 4:22-32: Put off our old selves.Col. 3:3-10: Put to death what is earthly in us.

Rom. 6:16: We are a slave to someone or thing.Eph. 2:3: We were, by nature, children of wrath.

Taking Up Your Cross Daily

Three practical matters … We face every day fresh (I Cor. 10:12). It’s not a one-time shot (I John 1:9). We do this one day at a time.

Satan is not taking a nap (Luke 4:13; I Pet. 5:8).The seeming paradox of cross-bearing life.

We are giving up control of our lives for real life.Rom. 6:15-23: Only when we enslave ourselves

to Christ that we can truly be set free.True life comes by picking up our cross daily.

God’s Plan of Salvation

Hear (Romans 1:16; 10:14,17)Believe (John 8:24; Mark 16:16; Hebrews

11:6)Repent (Acts 2:38; 3:19; 17:30)Confess (Romans 10:9-10; Matthew 10:32-

33)Be baptized (Acts 2:38; 22:16; Mark 16:16)Live faithfully (Revelation 2:10; Matthew

6:33; Romans 12:1-2; I Corinthians 15:58)