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2 Timothy 4:5 <\/span><\/strong>
But you be vigilant in all things. Don\u2019t allow the devastating things that you suffer to get to you! Continue in the full persuasion of your ministry as herald of the good news; you cannot have a more poetic job description. (Mirror Bible)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you weary?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a motto said by the 1st Infantry Division: \u201cNo Mission Too Difficult, No Sacrifice Too Great, Duty First\u201d You are in a \u201cwhatever it takes moment\u201d every day of your life. Here are some scriptures that make describes that commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew 24:9 \u201cThen they will hand you over to [endure] tribulation, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.\u201d (Amplified Bible AMP)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew 20:22 Jesus replied, \u201cYou don\u2019t know what you are asking.\u201d Then, looking in the eyes of Jacob and John, Jesus said, \u201cAre you prepared to drink from the cup of suffering that I am about to drink? And are you able to endure the baptism into death that I am about to endure?\u201d (The Passion Translation TPT)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you drink of the cup that Jesus drank of and be baptized in His same baptism? The sons of thunder said that they were willing. Where were they after Jesus\u2019 arrest?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew 26:56b Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled. (Amplified Bible AMP)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why weren\u2019t both of them there when the ones who wanted Jesus crucified drug Him from judgement hall to judgment hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John 18:15 Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. (Amplified Bible AMP)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why weren\u2019t both of them at the cross?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John 19:26 So Jesus, seeing His mother, and the disciple whom He loved (esteemed) standing near, said to His mother, \u201c[Dear] woman, look, [here is] your son!\u201d (Amplified Bible AMP)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In John 18:15 and John 19:26, the assumption is that the Apostle John was \u201cthe other disciple\u201d and \u201cthe disciple who Jesus loved\u201d. Not sure what happened to James, but this just to let you know being a follower of Jesus is more than a notion. The good thing is, you get all the information you need up front, no surprises. Men will hate you for Jesus\u2019 name sake. People will persecute you and call you everything they can think of except a beloved child of God. Please:<\/p>\n\n\n\n