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INTO THE DEEP Series - The Cost - Week 1


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What if the missing piece in your spiritual life isn’t a new song or a bigger stage, but a truer surrender? We open Scripture with a clear-eyed look at what Jesus actually asked of His disciples: count the cost, carry the cross, and follow without conditions. That call takes us past the optics of church culture and into the deep, where personal sacrifice, holy obedience, and humble repentance become the daily rhythm of worship.

Drawing from Luke 14, Malachi, Romans 12, 1 Samuel 15, and Amos 5, we confront comfortable religion head-on. We talk about why God rejected blemished offerings then and still rejects half-hearted devotion now. We explore how living sacrifices look on ordinary days—when you dislike your job, when you change diapers, when you choose integrity in quiet moments with no audience. Obedience over performance becomes a filter: are we putting on a church face, or are we offering our best to the One who gave His all?

This conversation also faces the hard truth that the narrow way divides. When you truly say yes to Jesus, comfort, optics, and even some relationships will be tested. Yet that costly path is also the road to power, to revival, and to a life that carries God’s presence beyond Sunday. If you’ve felt the hollowness of spiritual noise without spiritual fire, this is your invitation to step off the shallow shore, surrender control, and become a living altar. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s hungry for more, and leave a review telling us the one area you’re ready to place on the altar next.

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