Who Is Jesus to You? Take Up Your Cross ✝️ | Matthew 16 Devotional (7-Step QT)
7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you see who Jesus really is—and to give you courage to follow Him, even when it costs you. 2. 📅 February 23, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: Discipleship isn’t just knowing about Jesus—it’s surrendering to Jesus. 3. ✝️ Matthew 16:13–28 Jesus asks his disciples who they say he is, and Peter confesses that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God; Jesus blesses him and promises to build his church, giving the keys of the kingdom. Jesus then foretells his suffering, death, and resurrection, rebuking Peter for resisting God’s plan and for setting his mind on human concerns. Finally, Jesus defines discipleship as self-denial and cross-bearing, warning that saving one’s life results in loss, while losing it for his sake leads to true life, with final recompense at his return. 4. 📖 Key Verse “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” (v. 24b) 5...