followers

The happiest people I know are separated followers of Jesus Christ.They are not dependent on artificial stimulants. They do not resort to sick, dirty jokes. They do not abuse their bodies to relax their minds.

Jesus Himself was the first missionary . . .He pledged His followers to be missionaries too!

Following Christ has been made too easy. It is easy to follow Him when our world is safe and comfortable . . .but when that world shatters, only a secure faith will sustain us.

The men who followed Jesus were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up.

[Christians] are called to distinguish themselves as Christ followers, not community organizers.

If [Christian leaders] do not teach Christian principles to all followers of Christ, we are not equipping them with God__ truth that willovercome worldly influence.

Learn to keep close to [Jesus], to listen to His voice, and follow Him.

God__ followers need to know the truth He sets forth in His Word so that we can confidently discern between His truth and Satan__ lies.

In John 6 we read that when great multitudes went after Him, He told them three times that unless they were willing to pay the price, they could not be His followers.

As long as Satan is loose in the world and our hearts are dominated by his evil passions, it will never be easy or popular to be a follower of Christ.

Salvation is free, but there is a price to pay in following Jesus. It is never said in Scripture that we can have __hrist and . . ._.It is always __hrist or . . ._. What is your __r_?

[Jesus] asked [His followers] to count the cost carefully, lest they should turn back when they met with suffering and privation. He told His followers that the world would hate them.

We have seen moral and religious leaders,men who claim to be followers of Jesus,fall into disgrace in the eyes of God and man, and worst of all we have seen the Gospel of Jesus Christ and twisted and distorted it by false teachers to accommodate the destructive morals and secular behavior of these times.

By faith in [Jesus] we can be forgiven of our sins and know the joy of following Him every day.

Life is uncertain.Today you get a rose.Tomorrow you feel the thorns.But the end result is red, always!!

If our sense of self, our values and our ideals, do not originate from within - but are instead largely influenced, shaped or fashioned by celebrated characters - we fall under the spells of idol worship without realizing we have 'souled out'.

It is not important who the leader is. Its important where they lead you to.

CHAPTER VIConcerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired By One's Own Arms And AbilityLET no one be surprised if, in speaking of entirely new principalities as I shall do, I adduce the highest examples both of prince and of state; because men, walking almost always in paths beaten by others, and following by imitation their deeds, are yet unable to keep entirely to the ways of others or attain to the power of those they imitate. A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savour of it. Let him act like the clever archers who, designing to hit the mark which yet appears too far distant, and knowing the limits to which the strength of their bow attains, take aim much higher than the mark, not to reach by their strength or arrow to so great a height, but to be able with the aid of so high an aim to hit the mark they wish to reach.