Luke 9:23 (NIV).
Then he said to them all:
''If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.''......
Thoughts on This Verse...
Offering ourselves to God isn't easy because it means we must first die to our own selfish will.
Like Jesus did in the Garden of Gethsemane, we face our own cross and must cry out,
''Not my will, dear Father, but your will be done!''