Author: Jill

Parable: Counting The Cost
By Jill Kemp
Illustrated by Richard Gunther
Keep following Jesus
with all your heart
and make Him the most
important focus of your life.
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Parable: Counting The Cost
By Jill Kemp
Illustrated by Richard Gunther
Keep following Jesus
with all your heart
and make Him the most
important focus of your life.
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Crowds followed Jesus everywhere.
“You need to love me more than you
even love your own family,” Jesus said,
“If you choose to be my disciple.”
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Crowds followed Jesus everywhere.
“You need to love me more than you
even love your own family,” Jesus said,
“If you choose to be my disciple.”
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Then He told them this story: “Imagine if
one of you wanted to build a tower. You
would first work out the cost and make
sure you had enough money to finish it.”
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Then He told them this story: “Imagine if
one of you wanted to build a tower. You
would first work out the cost and make
sure you had enough money to finish it.”
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If you got half way through and realized
you didn’t have enough money to buy all
the bricks that were needed, then others
would laugh at you for being so unwise.
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If you got half way through and realized
you didn’t have enough money to buy all
the bricks that were needed, then others
would laugh at you for being so unwise.
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Imagine that a King’s country was
going to be attacked by an big army.
He would need to decide if his own
army was strong enough to win.
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Imagine that a King’s country was
going to be attacked by an big army.
He would need to decide if his own
army was strong enough to win.
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And he would make sure there
were enough weapons for all
of his soldiers, before he sent
them to fight a stronger enemy.
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And he would make sure there
were enough weapons for all
of his soldiers, before he sent
them to fight a stronger enemy.
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If there were not, he would quickly
send someone to make peace with
his enemy, before they started
fighting and his army lost.”
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If there were not, he would quickly
send someone to make peace with
his enemy, before they started
fighting and his army lost.”
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It isn’t just starting that is important.
It is having the purpose and will,
because of your great love for God,
to keep going, right to the very end.”
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It isn’t just starting that is important.
It is having the purpose and will,
because of your great love for God,
to keep going, right to the very end.”
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