The Every Nation Church in Innsbruck along with some of our other Every Nation churches hosted the European Conference in Innsbruck last week. It was an awesome time and great to so many Europeans committed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The theme of the Conference was CROSS CULTURE – The Cross Changes Everything.
The most challenging message of the conference was brought by Pastor Steve Murrell. The title of his sermon was “TAKE UP YOUR CROSS”. He gave us some testimonies of people who are paying a dear price for their faith and still take up their cross daily to follow Jesus.
These are believers who have committed to preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ regardless of the persecution they might face. Some have spent months in prison enduring severe circumstances and in some churches most every believers have scars because they are beaten up when they give their lives to Jesus.
This made me think about the price I am willing to pay for the Gospel of Jesus. It seems like the greed of western wealth makes too many Christians forget what the real cost of discipleship is.
