2009-07-22T09:07:05-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/follow+jesus/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt.16.24&version=NIV 2009-07-22T09:07:05-05:00 Following Jesus is not an activity for the faint of heart. Jesus asks his disciples to share in his sufferings so that we might share in his glory as well. In this verse in Matthew, Jesus says that we must take up our cross in order to follow Him.