Name Your Cross
I thank God for giving me a better understanding of the “cross” in my life and ministry—a ministry of 50 years in 2019. Besides giving me strength, this wisdom about the “cross” has brought about a major change in my thoughts on pursuing spiritual formation. The words of Jesus speak to the issue: “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me” (Luke 9:23, NKJV, emphasis added). In 2012, the Lord answered a prayer request that I had been asking of Him for five years. . . .