The Power of YES: The Cost of YES
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
Matthew 13:44 BSB
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls. When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.
Matthew 13:45-46 BSB
Matthew 13:44 BSB
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls. When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.
Matthew 13:45-46 BSB
If I’m Going to Have the Treasure
I MUST. . .
1. Count the Cost.
“If people come to me and are not ready to abandon their fathers, mothers, wives, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as their own lives, they cannot be my disciples. So those who do not carry their crosses and follow me cannot be my disciples.”
Luke 14:26-27 GWT
“But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it? Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you.”
Luke 14:28-29 NLT
Luke 14:26-27 GWT
“But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it? Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you.”
Luke 14:28-29 NLT
2. Keep My Eyes to Myself.
Peter replied, “We have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?”
Matthew 19:27 BSB
“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work… So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o’clock he did the same thing. At five o’clock that afternoon he was in town again and saw some more people standing around…”
Matthew 20:1-2, 5-6a NLT
That evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last workers first… When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day’s wage… He answered one of them, “Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage?… Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?”
Matthew 20:8,10,13,15 NLT
Matthew 19:27 BSB
“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work… So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o’clock he did the same thing. At five o’clock that afternoon he was in town again and saw some more people standing around…”
Matthew 20:1-2, 5-6a NLT
That evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last workers first… When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day’s wage… He answered one of them, “Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage?… Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?”
Matthew 20:8,10,13,15 NLT
3. Delay My Satisfaction.
Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.
Hebrews 10:36 NLT
Hebrews 10:36 NLT