2009-09-25T11:03:56-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/take+up+our+cross/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2014:26-27&version=NIV 2009-09-25T11:03:56-05:00 Jesus says that we must put God before everything else. To emphasis this he tells us that we should even hate our brothers and sisters, forsake our own family and take up our cross to follow him.