The Cost of Discipleship (Luke 9:57-62; 14:25-27, 33)

"...you go and proclaim the kingdom of God” (Lk 9:60). Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God” (Lk 9:62). “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple" (Lk 14:26).

• "There is no bigger word and no word made more shallow than “surrender.” To say “I surrender all” may be a meaningless sentiment, or it may be the deep passionate utterance of life." Oswald Chambers.