Follow me

Some of these words by Jesus in Matthew 16.. they are simply profound.
Ask myself.. is this what my church is preaching?
Is this what my heart is believing? Do I treat His words with utmost importance?
Every single sentence would be life-changing if only we live and breathe it.

²⁴ Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to be My disciple, let him deny himself [disregard, lose sight of, and forget himself and his own interests] and take up his cross and follow Me [^[p]cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying, also].

²⁵ For whoever is bent on saving his [temporal] life [his comfort and security here] shall lose it [eternal life]; and whoever loses his life [his comfort and security here] for My sake shall find it [life everlasting].

²⁶ For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life [his blessed ^[q]life in the kingdom of God]? Or what would a man give as an exchange for his [blessed] ^[r]life [in the kingdom of God]?

²⁷ For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory (majesty, splendor) of His Father with His angels, and then He will render account and reward every man in accordance with what he has done.