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Integrity is crucial to personal development…
Jesus once said, “What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?” (Matthew 16:26). Jesus wasn’t talking about eternal loss of the soul in this instance but the present loss of soul by living a life void of integrity. What is integrity? We often think of integrity as telling the truth, but it goes much further than that; it is a matter of not only telling the truth but living the truth in every action of life. It is doing what you say you will do and even in the smaller matters of being punctual, being there when you say you…
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The Cost of Christian Discipleship…
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email this article to a friend If Jesus was wanting followers who were just followers in name only, he could have had thousands instead of a the few that left everything to follow him. When Jesus discussed the cost of discipleship, most people turned to follow him no more, thousands at a time. It almost seemed if Jesus was discouraging people from following him; he wasn’t, he just wanted to be clear concerning the cost of Christian discipleship and what was expected; for the majority the cost was too much.…