Following Jesus add pic.

Matt 4:19-20
   -we got to have a total surrender in our heart
Matt 4:21
Matt 9:9
   -Jesus called Matthew, a tax collector who is a terrible person to follow Him.. Jesus even went to dine tgt with him
John 8:12
John 21
John 22
1peter 2:21
   -Peter gone through many failures, but He ended well
Revelation 14:4

To follow a person means to stay close, to do what the person does, to become like the person in character, virtues

Eph 1:4

Romans 8:29
Corinthians 3:18

1john 3:2
   -till the day we met the Lord, we shall be like Jesus

*Our first, primary calling is to be like Jesus
   -our vocation comes and goes

1john 2:6
   -in faith, power, in suffering,
   *Yes, we will suffer but we will be victorious in the mist of suffering
Galatians 4:19

How is Jesus like?
The fruit of the spirit
   -the more you walk in the spirit, the more Jesus like
Galatians 5:22-23
   -the 9 fruits of the Spirit
      -we won't know the real us until we are in pressure
      -it is very difficult... We need the help of the Holy Spirit!
   -long suffering is to have the fruit of spirit even if all things are thrown in your life
   -type A personality..the bigger the organization the more excuse you make to be not in the fruits of the spirit
      -but Jesus who owns the largest organization (the universe) does not forgo any of the fruit of the spirit!

*Following and imitating Jesus, the fruit of the Spirit.. it's more impt than anything in the world

John 15
   -fruit of the spirit
John 15:8
   -we may be very successful in life, but we need to have the fruit!!
John 15:16

*Happiness depends of the situation.. but the Joy is from the Lord!