The Cost of Following Jesus | Sister Hannah Bollou

10/08/2025 32 min

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๐’๐„๐‘๐Œ๐Ž๐ ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“๐’๐Ÿ™ The cost of following Jesus requires conscious, intentional faith beyond emotion and sentimentality.โฃ๐Ÿ’ป Social media influences and peer pressure contribute to shallow Christian living among youth.โฃ๐Ÿค True Christian fellowship demands accountability and genuine representation of Christ.โฃโš ๏ธ Many young believers are called to confront hypocrisy within the church and themselves.โฃ๐ŸŒ Jesus is the unshakeable foundation in a world full of misinformation and fleeting values.โฃโœ๏ธ Following Jesus means being an ambassador of Christ in every area of life, not just in church.โฃ๐Ÿ’ฌ Genuine prayer and personal relationship with God are key to overcoming spiritual dryness and challenges.โฃโฃ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌโฃโฃ๐Ÿง  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‚๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ: The speaker highlights that merely attending church or wearing Christian symbols is insufficient. Young believers must operate with spiritual awareness, making decisions that reflect their faith in every area of life. This conscious approach combats the passive, โ€œhuman doingโ€ mentality prevalent among youth who may attend church but disengage spiritually.โฃโฃ๐Ÿ“ฑ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ž-๐„๐๐ ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐: Social media is a significant battleground for young Christians. While it offers opportunities to express faith, it also exposes believers to gossip, lewd behavior, and negative peer pressure. The speaker warns that Christians can easily fall into hypocrisy by contradicting their professed beliefs online, which ultimately damages their witness and spiritual health.โฃโฃ๐Ÿ”„ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ: The message reveals a sobering reality that Christian youth are not only influenced negatively by the world but can also be sources of bad influence within the church. This insight challenges believers to self-reflect honestly, recognizing that blaming external forces alone is insufficient for spiritual growth.โฃโฃ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก: Attendance and participation in church activities do not guarantee a genuine relationship with Jesus. The speaker cites biblical warnings about those who claim to know God but whose actions deny Him, emphasizing the need for introspection and authentic faith that permeates daily living, not just Sundays.โฃโฃ๐ŸŒŸ ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: In an era saturated with contradictory information, the speaker underscores Jesus as the singular, unchanging truth. Young Christians must discern fully biblical truth rather than partial or diluted versions of faith, ensuring their foundation is secure and not shaken by cultural trends or false teachings.โฃโฃ๐ŸŒฑ ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐‹๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ: The speaker reframes the โ€œcostโ€ of following Jesus not as a burden but as the pathway to spiritual victory, peace, and transformation. This perspective encourages believers to face challenges with hope and confidence because Jesus has already overcome sin, death, and despair.โฃโฃ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐†๐จ๐ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ: The closing call to genuine prayer highlights the importance of developing an intimate, ongoing dialogue with God. The speaker encourages young believers to be real with God about their struggles and doubts, fostering a relationship that sustains them through trials rather than a shallow, performative faith.