Conntecting the Dots

Posts Tagged: discipleship

My Sheep Follow Me – What Does This Mean?

A familiar praise chorus acknowledges that Jesus leads us step by step. It also says that we’ll follow Him all of our days. That’s quite a declaration!   The dictionary definition offers several definitions for the word follow: To come or go after To take as a model; imitate Obey To watch or to listen… [ read more ]

What Following Jesus Has Cost Me, and How I Choose to Respond

  “Following Jesus comes with a cost.”   I’ll bet reading those words didn’t trigger joy in your heart. Perhaps they left you thinking Wow, that’s a downer. Maybe they filled you with a sense of dread or fear.   We don’t like to think about our faith journey requiring sacrifice. We’d rather think about… [ read more ]