First Things Must Come First....One of the first things Jesus said the disciples had to do to really follow after Him. It was not material to fill a bible lesson only. It was literally a choice they and we all have to make to follow Christ.....deno....share freely.

       Jesus said, He that shall come after me must first deny himself in this life and take up his/her cross and follow me.......
       Light...When you have nothing left in you but Christ presence, light, desires, and love, then you finally hit the real jack pot in grace sanctification. Until then, spiritual thieves and the thief himself has his works and schemes still in places within you. You are idolizing your self and esteeming your life in this world to much. Your holding on to tight to the temporal and less to the eternal. The cares of this life, the interest of worldly things, and the pride of life still have a lot of their residue within you to the point that it keeps you over entangled with the affairs of this life. You have not yet completed the first grace work in this matter. You have not yet denied your self.
      This area right here of the hearts interest and affections is the tempters main focus and battle ground. If he can keep our eyes staring upon the things of the world and of this life, then sad to say it but our time on earth he will have controlled and consumed for his will and not Gods.....
       So IN ALL that we do, do it all for the glory of God and Jesus Christ. Jesus said, we are not of this world even as he is not of this world. Church in love and in light it is time to act like it. To walk worthy of the calling wherewith He calls us, unto all pleasing the Lord. WHATEVER IS NOT DENIED IN US OF SELF AND OF THIS WORLD IS IDOLATRY.....deno.