Mark 8:35

35: For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospels will save it.

Jesus in the last verse talked about denying yourself and picking up your cross and it would seem that in this verse he is doing the same thing. He is further building on the point that if we pick up our crosses for His sake and the gospels that our life will be saved. Here I see Jesus looking at our heart, he is saying that picking up your cross is not enough but we should be doing it for a purpose, which is to Glorify Him and the gospel with our lives.

Application: To look at my heart and see if I am losing my life to follow after Christ for the gospels sake.