“Here and now I must settle and plan the issues which project themselves on into eternity. Christ knew that, and in His teaching concerning the deeper and fuller life, He let His followers know it was no easy matter. He did not say, "Now just confess your sins and accept Christ and all things are yours." Instead He made very stringent and searching demands of those who wish to enter fully into all that He has for us. We must deny ourselves, take up our cross daily, and follow Him (Luke 9: 23). Instead of loving our life we must lose it for His sake (Matthew 10: 39). We must love Him more than we love our father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters (Luke 14: 26).”