Show me, God, how to
deny myself,
take up my cross,
and follow You
TODAY
not just in the hazy future
where intentions evaporate,
but Today
for, Lord, sometimes I forget
that what matters
is TODAY
The enemy wants me distracted
and to keep my mind
on what I might do tomorrow
and the next day
and the next
or on the past
But TODAY is important
and it is the day
I choose Who to follow
and I choose who to love
I choose
You, God,
TODAY
– Susie Stewart
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Whoever wants to be My disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow Me.”
– Matthew 16:24 (NIV)
If you decide that it’s a bad thing to worship God, then choose a god you’d rather serve—and do it today. Choose one of the gods your ancestors worshiped from the country beyond The River, or one of the gods of the Amorites, on whose land you’re now living. As for me and my family, we’ll worship God.
– Joshua 24:15 (MSG)
You should therefore be most careful, my brothers, that there should not be in any of you that wickedness of heart which refuses to trust, and deserts the cause of the living God. Help each other to stand firm in the faith every day, while it is still called “today”, and beware that none of you becomes deaf and blind to God through the delusive glamour of sin. For we continue to share in all that Christ has for us so long as we steadily maintain until the end the trust with which we began. These words are still being said for our ears to hear: ‘Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion’.
– Hebrews 3:12-14 (PHILLIPS)
The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.”
– Luke 22:61 (NIV)
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Susie Stewart 