Daily Manna from the Net for Sunday, August 19, 2012 [Matthew 10:32-38]

'Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven. 'Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn '‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law--a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.' 'Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. NIV Listen ...