“How can you, in your context (and likely in your comfort), count the cost of following Christ ahead of time (see Luke 14:28)? What is it worth to you? What has it already cost you? What would you willingly and joyfully give up to keep walking with Jesus? For your journal, write down your list - and how you can think of each sacrifice as a privilege - as a way of counting the cost of following Christ."

"Jesus, I want to want You more than I want anything else. Help me count the cost and make the decision, to set in my mind and my heart that You are all I need and more valuable to me than family, friendships, material things, comfort, or anything else that might distract me from You.”