How can I be a good follower of Jesus?

How can I be a good follower of Jesus?

In Mark 8, Jesus gives a simple three-step plan to become a true follower….

1. Deny self. This is the first and most challenging step of all.
2. Take up your cross. In life, challenges arise and God may allow those challenges to continue so that I can learn to take them up and come to him with them.
3. Follow me.

How can we see Jesus in others?

Here are a few that I am implementing in my own life:

1. Know who Jesus is and what he did. Read the Bible to learn more about him.
2. Love him.
3. Care for other people.
4. Be learned and wise.
5. Be humble.
6. Be considerate of others in all that you do.
7. Watch your tone of voice, your style of language (don’t curse, blaspheme, etc.).

What does Jesus mean by follow me?

Jesus’ call to follow him is more than an invitation to pray a prayer. It is a summons to lose your life and find new life and ultimate joy in him. Jesus’ call to follow him is more than an invitation to pray a prayer. It is a summons to lose your life and find new life and ultimate joy in him.

How do I follow God?

Following God’s Plan for Your Life:

1. Be in prayer. A way to know that you are following God’s plan for your life is by being in prayer.
2. Be actively reading in the Word.
3. Follow the commands He puts on your heart.
4. Seek a godly community.
5. Obey the Truth.

How do I follow Jesus?

How to Follow Jesus in Everyday Life

1. 10 Practical ways to be more like Jesus. How to follow Jesus?
2. Love your enemies.
3. Love your neighbor.
4. Don’t judge others.
5. Be humble.
6. Don’t worry.
7. Follow the Golden Rule.
8. Worship God whole-heartedly.

Why must I pray?

God Invites Us to Pray Prayer is an invitation into fellowship with God through Jesus Christ, expressed in adoration, thanksgiving and intercession, through which we draw near to God and learn more of his will for our lives. He invites us into purpose and power through the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Who can help us to pray?

As the Spirit helps us to know what to pray and how to pray, he helps us with “all kinds of prayers and requests” (Eph. 6:18). The Spirit helps us praise God for who he is. The Spirit helps us thank God for what he gives for it is the Spirit who opens our eyes and enlightens us (1 Corinthians 2:12, 13).

How do you pray to God?

Learn How to Pray in These 4 Easy Steps

1. Prayer Has Four Simple Steps.
2. Step 1: Address Heavenly Father.
3. Step 2: Thank Heavenly Father.
4. Step 3: Ask Heavenly Father.
5. Step 4: Close in the Name of Jesus Christ.
6. Praying in a Group.
7. Pray Always, With Sincerity and With Faith in Christ.
8. Prayers Will Always Be Answered.

What are the features of God?

In Western (Christian) thought, God is traditionally described as a being that possesses at least three necessary properties: omniscience (all-knowing), omnipotence (all-powerful), and omnibenevolence (supremely good). In other words, God knows everything, has the power to do anything, and is perfectly good.

Is it a sin to steal?

Therefore, theft is a mortal sin. Now through theft a man inflicts harm on a neighbor in his possessions, and if men were to steal from one another indiscriminately, human society would perish. Hence, theft, as contrary to charity, is a mortal sin.