2012-07-20T17:12:56-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/deny/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/controlling-or-being-controlled-6660 2012-07-20T17:12:56-05:00 Has your body been walking you? It's time to get control again. There's an important spiritual reason for passing up that food I don't need, the drink I should never use, the sexual flirtations I should avoid. My body uncontrolled will wage war against my soul! http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2016:24&version=NIV 2009-09-03T14:16:52-05:00 The decision to follow Christ isn't something to make lightly--it means "taking up our cross" and committing to follow Jesus wherever he leads.