[Verse 1] If anyone would come after me If anyone will come after me If anyone will come after me Deny himself and take up his cross and follow me Follow me, follow me, follow me Matthew 16:24 Matthew 16:24 Matthew 16:24 Matthew 16:24 If anyone come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me Now you say, what? What does that mean like you did before? What does that mean? What does what mean? Take up his cross Well, if anyone, are you anyone? Yeah Would come after me, who's me? Me Not you - You Jesus Oh Yeah, if anyone would come after Jesus Remember, this is Matthew 16:24 Matthew Met Jesus Matthew was a disciple of Jesus Okay? - That really wanted to see Jesus? Yeah, but he followed him all around And watched everything he did, and listened And paid as much attention as he possibly could Jesus? Yeah, he knew that Jesus was the Messiah If you knew Jesus was the Messiah, wouldn't you Feel like I need to pay attention, I need to pay attention right now Yeah, yeah Look at these strangers Okay, so if me is Jesus Me And you're anyone If anyone, anyone Would come after me Jesus Let him, that's you Deny himself What is that mean? Oh, that means Help someone in Christ first one Or telling them about Jesus So denying themselves is praying for others and telling them about, uh, Jesus Uh-huh Well, it's also When you don't want to, when you're rushed or when you're scared or when you're frustrated Still keeping your patience That's denying yourself, wanting to get angry, wanting to get mad, wanting to be frustrated And choosing Jesus, choosing love And that's also what take up his cross means Whenever you're persecuted and someone's being mean to you, are you going to choose love? You are - For others, adults That's even bully need Or Hurt me You can love them And be nice to them, but also set boundaries Like this, this verse is setting a boundary Jesus is setting a boundary with his followers He's saying If anyone would come after me That means be his disciple Like Matthew Deny himself Let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me Follow who? - Jesus That's right So when you're doing schoolwork and you're getting frustrated, what should you do? Follow Jesus Follow Jesus Deny yourself Take up his cross, your cross and follow Jesus I'm anyone And I'm going after Jesus I'm going to deny myself, I'm going to take up my cross and I'm going to follow Jesus Sing with me I'm going to follow Jesus I'm going to follow Jesus I'm going to follow Jesus and deny myself I'm going to follow Jesus I'm going to follow Jesus I'm going to follow Jesus, take up my cross and follow Jesus I'm going to follow Jesus, follow Jesus Matthew 16 24 Matthew 16 24 If anyone would come after me Let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow me If anyone would come after me Let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow Follow Jesus Follow Jesus
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