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I Have Decided To Follow (You Fill In The Blank)

Following Jesus means striving to be like him. Jesus always obeyed his father, so that’s what we should strive to do. To truly follow Christ means allowing him complete control over our lives. That’s what it means to make Jesus the Lord of our lives. Every decision and dream is filtered through his word with the goal of glorifying him in everything we do. We are not saved by the things we do for Jesus Christ, but by what he has done for us. Simply put, you can’t work your way into heaven. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Because of his grace, we should want to please him in everything. All this is accomplished as we allow the Holy Spirit to have complete control of every area of our lives. The Holy Spirit reveals the Scriptures, empowers us with spiritual gifts, comforts us, and guides us. To follow Christ means we apply the truths we learn from his word and live as if Jesus walked beside us in a physical presence.

When we choose to follow Jesus, we are walking in his steps.

When soldiers are being taught how to clear a minefield the instructor tells them to step precisely in the footprint left by the person in front of them. The concept is simple: since the person in front of them stepped on a spot that didn’t set off a landmine, the only spot guaranteed to be safe was the ground under that footprint. Stepping anywhere else meant risking death.

The person at the front of the patrol is called the “point man.” His job is to make sure he clears any mines or booby traps before moving forward. The job of everyone else is to walk where he walks and step where he steps.

When we say we are following Jesus, living as Jesus lived, and doing what Jesus did, we are letting Jesus be the point man in our lives.

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I have decided to follow Jesus;
I have decided to follow Jesus;
I have decided to follow Jesus;
no turning back, no turning back.

Though none go with me, I still will follow;
though none go with me, I still will follow;
though none go with me, I still will follow;
no turning back, no turning back.

The world behind me, the cross before me;
the world behind me, the cross before me,
the world behind me, the cross before me;
no turning back, no turning back.