Mark 12:30 NIV
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
All heart, All soul, All mind,
and All strength = All In
Luke 9:23 NET
Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Why do we resist going All-In?
We want to be comfortable
Luke 9:57-58 NLT
As they were walking along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you
go.” Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
The timing just isn’t right
Luke 9:59-60 HCSB
Then He said to another, “Follow Me.” “Lord,” he said, “first let me go bury my father.”
But He told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.”
We fear other’s opinions
Luke 9:61-62 ESV
Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Revelations 3:15-16 NLT
I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth!
Luke 9:23 NET
Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.