ACCEPT HIS INVITATION!
MANY ORGANIZATIONS offer you
Great benefits to JOIN=
To join THEIR organization
What a CONTRAST it is
To Jesus=who offers us
A CROSS
But we SHOULD JOIN=
Because of the BENEFIT
OF EVERLASTING LIFE
Accept the crosses
ACCEPT THE INVITATION!
“Whoever wishes=
To come after me=
Must deny himself
TAKE UP HIS CROSS
And follow me”
Mark 8:38
It is HARD=not to IMAGINE
People walking away=
After they heard=Jesus’ recruitment speech
But you and I
HAVE NOT WALKED AWAY=
Like the apostles=we will FOLLOW HIM
To the ends of the earth=
ACCEPT HIS INVITATION!=to follow him
“For many ARE INVITED=
But few are chosen” Matthew
22:14
“For I was hungry=and you
Gave me=something to eat=
I was thirsty=and you gave me
Something to drink
I was a stranger=and
YOU INVITED ME IN” Matthew
25:35
I STAY=
Because I love Jesus=
With my whole heart=my whole soul
And ALL of my strength
WHY do you stay?
He gives us
SOMETHING no one else=gives
us
In this often=cold cruel world
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE!=UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE!
ACCEPT HIS INVITATION!
“The wise in heart=
ACCEPT COMMANDS=
But a chattering fool=comes to ruin”
Proverbs
10:8
“ACCEPT ONE ANOTHER=
Just as Christ=ACCEPTED YOU
In order to=Bring praise to God”
Romans 15:7
DISCIPLESHIP with Jesus
Will cost us something
But the BENEFITS= of his love
The benefits we RECEIVE
Will far outweigh=ANYTHING money can buy
I will FOLLOW Jesus
All the way=UNTIL
The ends of the earth
I will gladly=ACCEPT HIS INVITATION!
To follow
“When Jesus spoke again=
To the people=he said’=
‘I am the light=of the world
WHOEVER FOLLOWS ME
Will never walk in darkness=but have
The light of life’”
John 8:12
I have ACCEPTED this invitation
To everlasting life=How about you?
In Jesus’ name=and in the name==of our FOREVER
LEADING/forever loving Holy Father God!
Robert P. Wallman
2-16-2023
Ps INSPIRED=by
an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Sr. Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.
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