Every new year tempts us to chase better versions of ourselves. Stronger habits, clearer goals, clean slates. This message firmly redirects that instinct. Instead of starting with self-improvement, life with Jesus starts with obedience. His call in Matthew 4:19 isn’t a slogan or a church growth strategy; it’s the blueprint for the Christian life. He leads, He transforms, and He sends. “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

This sermon walks through the simple but disruptive pattern Jesus gives every disciple: follow Him, be transformed by Him, and make disciples for Him. It invites reflection on the grace God has already shown, challenges assumptions about what spiritual growth actually looks like, and presses the question none of us can dodge forever: if Jesus really is calling, what does obedience look like now? Not hypothetically, not someday, but this year?

What you will discover:
· Why following Jesus isn’t a phase you graduate from, but something you either deepen or resist.
· How real transformation works (and why it’s less about willpower and more about proximity).
· What Jesus is actually forming in people who surrender leadership of their lives to Him.
· Why spiritual growth that never moves outward may not be growth at all.
· How obedience to Jesus quietly reshapes your purpose, priorities, and relationships, whether you planned on it or not.

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