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Jesus chose Judas too…

In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

Luke 6

He was chosen, he walked with the Lord, he served with Him for years… yet, Judas wasn’t onboard with Jesus’ agenda.

You may have been chosen, but are you onboard with Jesus’ mission, or do you have your own agenda?

Follow-Jesus, not just today, tomorrow, or for the next few years… for life.

This is a great question to ask anyone who is selling something “what does it cost?”

After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” 28 And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.

Luke 5

This is a question everyone who has followed Jesus knows the answer to, it costs you everything… but it’s worth it!

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When you are tempted, what helps?

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit… was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil.

Luke 4

What helps is knowing that we are all tempted and there’s a way out (1Cor 10:13). Jesus has been there too, he was tempted in every way we are, yet he didn’t sin (Heb 4:15). We don’t have to sin just because we are tempted, and we’re all tempted. We’ve all been there, even Jesus, and we will all be there again (except Jesus). He knows, he’s there for you… lean on him.