{"id":842,"date":"2026-11-04T01:53:37","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T01:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/?p=842"},"modified":"2026-11-04T01:53:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T01:53:37","slug":"november4-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/november4-26\/","title":{"rendered":"November4-26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Luke 9:23 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cIf anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross\u00a0daily, and follow Me.\u201d There is a way to follow Jesus into eternity, and it is right here. If you say you believe He is the Way, the Truth and the Life, and you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved, then action needs to follow your words. Do you actually have a desire to come after Jesus? If so, the first part is to \u201cdeny yourself\u201d. What does that look like for you? Genesis 4:7 says \u201cyou should rule over sin\u201d. Proverbs 8:13, \u201cthe fear of the Lord is to hate evil\u201d. Proverbs 28:13, He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes\u00a0<em>them<\/em> will have mercy. These are but a few of many that will help you understand the seriousness of what Jesus is saying to those who want to follow Him. The cross is the tool you need to use to kill the flesh so you can live the Spirit-filled Life, for if you \u201cWalk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh\u201d (Galatians 5:16).\u00a0The Spirit can\u2019t live in you if you live in sin. Notice, it\u2019s not a one-time thing, but needs to be done daily. You are to have a changed mind to have a changed life. Jesus said, \u201cEnter by the narrow gate; for wide\u00a0<em>is<\/em> the gate and broad\u00a0<em>is<\/em> the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.\u00a0Because narrow\u00a0<em>is<\/em> the gate and difficult\u00a0<em>is<\/em> the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it\u201d (Matthew 7:13-14). Don\u2019t be so complacent in your Christianity that if the Rapture comes, you miss it. Remember, He will separate the sheep (the doers) from the goats (the hearers), and the sheep will go in with Him. It takes denial, taking up your cross daily, and determination, to follow Jesus. Do you have a desire to come after Him?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 9:23 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cIf anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross\u00a0daily, and follow Me.\u201d There is a way to follow Jesus into eternity, and it is right here. If you say you believe He is the Way, the Truth and the Life, and you believe on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":843,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842\/revisions\/843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}