…but God shows his love for us in that
while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8 ESV
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“Anyone who intends to come with me has to
let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat; I am.
Don’t run from suffering; embrace it.
Follow me and I’ll show you how.
Self-help is no help at all.
Self-sacrifice is the way, my way,
to saving yourself, your true self.
What good would it do to get everything you want
and lose you, the real you?
What could you ever trade your soul for?”
Mark 8:34-37 The Message
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I have been crucified with Christ;
it is no longer I who live,
but Christ lives in me;
and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by faith in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galatians 2:20 NKJV