"My Crosswalk". Pick up your cross and follow me. We are not allowed to come to God on our own terms we must come to Him on His terms. “Jesus, through His direct instruction during His earthly ministry and through His apostles in the rest of the New Testament, repeatedly makes clear that there: must be... A cross before the crown, Suffering before glory, Sacrifice before reward...The heart of Christian discipleship is giving before gaining, losing before winning.”