1. The Cost of Living
Covenant Renewal Day 2014

3. (Literally the Good News of Luke)
Te Rongopai a Ruka
The Gospel of Luke
(Literally the Good News of Luke)

4. Wairere Falls

5. The Cost of Living
Covenant Renewal Day 2014

6. Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, [Peter], for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. Matthew 16: 17

7. The Cost of Living
Covenant Renewal Day 2014

8. But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter
But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns. Mark 8: 33

9. The Cost of Living
Covenant Renewal Day 2014

10. Then [Jesus] called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. Mark 8: 34,35

11. The Cost of Living
Covenant Renewal Day 2014

12. But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. Luke 6: 27-28

13. The Cost of Living
Covenant Renewal Day 2014

14. “In the evening, they were engaged together in worshiping God at their prayer meeting and were apparently on the friendliest terms. Who but the Christian loves their enemies?”

15. The Cost of Living
Covenant Renewal Day 2014

16. …if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will find true life. Mark 8: 35b (New Living Translation)

17. The Cost of Living
Covenant Renewal Day 2014

18. The Cost of Living
Covenant Renewal Day 2014