31 Day Adventure

1. 31 Day Adventure Does It Add Up?

2. "Do You Love Me?" Review

3. Monthly Payment Faith Does It All Add Up?

4. Context: • Serve people who can't repay • Bring in the poor, crippled, blind and lame Does It All Add Up?

5. Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple. Does It All Add Up?

6. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. Does It All Add Up?

7. Jesus needs a church-growth seminar Hate? Does It All Add Up?

8. I am a disciple when I love Christ so much that every other human relationship comes second and pales in comparison to my love for Jesus- including my own wants and desires Does It All Add Up?

9. …cannot be my disciple. Does It All Add Up?

10. Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? Does It All Add Up?

11. For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.' Does It All Add Up?

12. Maturity vs. Immaturity Does It All Add Up?

13. Maturity vs. Immaturity Key= Steadfast Commitment Begins with: Counting the Cost Does It All Add Up?

14. Hard work only pays off when coupled with long-term commitment Does It All Add Up?

15. Saint Telemachus Does It All Add Up?

16. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, ifwe do not give up- Galatians 6:9 Does It All Add Up?

17. Discipleship is not an event or a decision, it's a process Does It All Add Up?

18. "Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? Does It All Add Up?

19. If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. Does It All Add Up?

20. In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple. Does It All Add Up?

21. give up= apotassomai- renounce right of ownership Does It All Add Up?

22. give up= apotassomai- renounce right of ownership • In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple. Does It All Add Up?

23. To count the cost is to: • Choose in advance to commit to Jesus for life • Give up my right of ownership to my life and all it pertains Does It All Add Up?

24. I can't unless I trust God with all my heart Does It All Add Up?

25. I can't unless I live for something great than myself Does It All Add Up?

26. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. Does It All Add Up?

27. Either Jesus is there to fulfill my hopes and dreams, or he is my hope and dream Does It All Add Up?

28. Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear- Luke 14:25-35 Does It All Add Up?

29. The value of an object is in its intrinsic nature • The essence of salt is saltiness • The essence of a disciple is selflessness Does It All Add Up?

30. Does it all add up? What's the cost? Does It All Add Up?

31. Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear him. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them"- Luke 15:1 Does It All Add Up?

32. An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest. Does It All Add Up?

33. Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. Then he said to them, "Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Does It All Add Up?

34. For he who is least among you all—he is the greatest." Does It All Add Up?

35. Cost: Self-seeking ambition, putting self first, being served Does It All Add Up?

36. "Master," said John, "we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us." • "Do not stop him," Jesus said, "for whoever is not against you is for you." Does It All Add Up?

37. Cost: Ego, pride, division and jealousy, control Does It All Add Up?

38. As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. Does It All Add Up?

39. When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?" But Jesus turned and rebuked them, and they went to another village. Does It All Add Up?

40. Cost: Right to revenge, right to take things personally Does It All Add Up?

41. As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." • Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." Does It All Add Up?

42. Cost? Does It All Add Up?

43. Cost? Personal comfort and security Does It All Add Up?

44. He said to another man, "Follow me." But the man replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father." • Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God." Does It All Add Up?

45. Cost? Does It All Add Up?

46. Cost? Convenience of schedule Does It All Add Up?

47. Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good-by to my family." • Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God"- Luke 9:46-62 Does It All Add Up?

48. Cost? Does It All Add Up?

49. Cost? Focus Does It All Add Up?

50. Monthly Payment Faith Count the Cost/Commit for the Long Run Does It All Add Up?