Obedience

Obedience is not following Jesus for what you will get in return.
Obedience is following Jesus for what he will get in return...you.
You need to give your life over to Jesus period.
"If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it." -Jesus
Don't be fooled into a marketable Jesus that presents a Jesus as trying to buy you, or win you over. Jesus paid the price for you, you are bought...you either believe this and receive this or you don't.
Preaching the gospel isn't preaching a sales pitch of how Jesus is really good for you. My friends Jesus is good...period.
You either turn from sin, and turn to him...or you don't. No sales pitch necessary...just the truth, Jesus.
It's the Holy Spirit's role to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and the coming judgement. Not ours. We just present the truth in love, and leave the rest up to the work of the Holy Spirit in you and your response to Jesus.
The gospel is the power to save for those who will believe, for those who don't, you already stand condemned.
Because the gospel is the power to save, we don't have to try and come up with fancy ways of presenting the gospel. It's the gospel that IS the power to save and the Holy Spirit IS the one who convicts people of their need to repent and put their faith and trust in Jesus.
If we rely more on our own wonderful ways of describing the gospel and less on the work of the Holy Spirit to convict people of sin and their need to repent and receive Jesus, we are not trusting in the power of the gospel to save.
Forgive me Father in heaven for trying to sell my friends Jesus your son, when you already gave him up for us, paying the full price for our sins on the cross. Jesus isn't for sale, and never was. Jesus was and is your Son, and you chose to give him up "freely" for me. Thank you Father for giving up your Son to take on my sin and shame, and for making me your son in Jesus name. Thank you that I am completely forgiven and cleansed of all my sin, and that you fill me with your Holy Spirit to live for you and tell others about you.

You the reader now have a choice to make, how will you respond to Jesus? The call is simple:

"Repent from your sin, and receive Jesus as your Lord and Saviour today".