Principles on how we should follow God.

1. Trust in absolute obedience.
2. Acceptance of a sentence of death.
   1. Die to ourselves daily.
3. Self denial (v 25)
4. Willingness to embrace inconvenience.
   1. If the ONLY ministry you have is a convenient ministry, is it really a ministry?

Where does our strength for witnessing come from?

1. God keeps all His promises.
   1. The strength of our faith can not exceed our knowledge of the word.
2. Through His name.
   1. Jesus – Saves, Emanuel – God with us