disciple is a person who has decided that following Jesus Christ takes precedence over everything else. Or to express it another way, a disciple looks and acts like the one he or she follows. Jesus did not say being a disciple would be easy. Disciples have to take up their crosses and follow Him. In Mark 8:34–36, Jesus made one of the most profound statements in all of Scripture: If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his