words from the Master

If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

— Luke 9:23

It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

— Matthew 20:26-28

If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

— Mark 8:34

And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

— Mark 10:21

Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!

— Luke 6:22

Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

— Matthew 6:25

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

— Matthew 23:12

As you can see the theme is the same...deny self, help others, think less of your own needs while giving of yourself to others. Only then will you also be exalted. Every good deed is remembered by God. As I have said before good cannot happen unless you create the momentum. So be the change you want to see in the world...be the one who makes another's day brighter and better. Do it by words or by actions, by thoughts and by prayer. Just do it!