As Christians, we're called to offer ourselves to God as a "living sacrifice." The Apostle Paul encourages us comprehend this reality in his letter to the believers in Rome:
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Romans 12:1-2)
How would we really introduce ourselves to God as a living sacrifice? However, we should die to our earlier selves.
When you are overlooked, ignored, or deliberately set at nothing, and you don't sting or hurt with the oversight, yet your heart is cheerful being tallied qualified to suffer for Christ;
That is dying to self.
At the point when your good is malevolent discussed, when your desires are crossed, your recommendation neglected, your supposition scorned, and you decline to give anger a chance to ascend in your heart or even protect yourself, yet take everything in persistent, adoring quiet;
That is dying to self.
When you affectionately and persistently bear any turmoil, any anomaly, any disturbance; when you can stand eye to eye with squander, habit, indulgence, spiritual apathy, and endure it as Jesus did;
That is dying to self.
When you are content with any food, and offering, any attire, any atmosphere, any general public, any isolation, any intrusion by the will of God;
That is dying to self.
When you never care to allude to yourself in discussion or record your own good works or itch after recognition, when you can genuinely love to be obscure;
That is dying to self.
When you can see your fellow brethren flourish and have his needs met, and you feel no envy, nor question God, while your own needs are far more prominent and you are in urgent conditions;
That is dying to self.
When you can get correction and condemnation from one of less stature than yourself and can unassumingly submit, deep down and also apparently, finding no resistance or disdain rising up inside your heart;
That is dying to self.
Nice post bro. And beautiful photos
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Great post, full of deep meaning, we must die to self to live in spirit.. Thanks for sharing this with us...
When you are content with any food, and offering, any attire, any atmosphere, any general public, any isolation, any intrusion by the will of God;
That is dying to self.
This was my favorite, great post @tikhub
Genuine and motivating words... Kicking the bucket to self truly may appear to be less demanding said than done.... However, requires a ponder and steady push to be more similar to Christ through the main of the soul thus us really biting the dust to self.... A debt of gratitude is in order for sharing sibling. God favor.
You must die to self to live for Christ......
Jesus said, 'Let him deny himself.'
This write up has got lots of info in it. And @tikhub has always got the touch of good write-up. Well done brother
True words, are words to live by in life and here on steemit. This should be the post all newbi have to read before joining steemit. I will make them less stressed.
True and inspiring words... Dying to self really may seem easier said than done.... But requires a deliberate and constant effort to be more like Christ through the leading of the spirit hence us truly dying to self.... Thanks for sharing brother. God bless.
Bringing flesh and it's deeds to subjection is death. Living a life according to the leading of the spirit is another way of dying to SELF. He that is born of the FLESH is FLESH.
Wow this is a great post, if only these was the first post i read on my first day on steemit i wouldn't have been these Stressed
Dying to self seems like a really hard thing to do, I'm a believer in the word of Christ and i keep doing my best to die in self,
Great post apostle keep it up
Thank you for sharing apostle @tikhub, to diminish so that Christ can grow is our goal, we must always ask God to transform our heart, our life and that we want to be more like him.
Yes, in order for us to be in Christ, we must die on our old selves everyday. People around us have to see less and less of us, so that our Lord can be magnified. The journey of minimizing ourselves is tough, but we thank the Lord that we are not alone on this narrow road :)