Death to Self

I have been learning recently about the true freedom, healing, deliverance and victory that comes from a life of death to SELF. Learning how to live a humble life full of the spirit and putting our PRIDE at the feet of Jesus. I by no means have done this... but long to live a life of true humility so Christ may abound.

"Kill Me Heal Me"
Skillet

Break my bones and reset me
Piece by piece you break me
Pick up the cross 'cause it's killing time
How can I scream when the pain is
Such a release I get the courage
To pick up the nails 'cause it's killing time

Kill me, heal me
Kill me, heal me
On and on
Kill me, heal me
Kill me, heal me
On and on

Breathing your love
You're ferocious
You're in my lungs
Resuscitate
Craving your electricity
Feet to my pain you give
Wings to my fear your peace
Inhabits my blood
Your love is thick

Kill me, heal me
Kill me, heal me
On and on
Kill me, heal me
Kill me, heal me
On and on

I can't live without it
I can't live without it
I can't live without it
I can't live without it

Kill me, heal me
Kill me, heal me
On and on
Kill me, heal me
Kill me, heal me
On and on

Kill me, heal me
Kill me, heal me
On and on
Kill me, heal me
Kill me, heal me
On and on

Let us look to see what the Word of God says about Life in the Spirit.

Romans 8:9-11 (New International Version)

⁹You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. ¹⁰But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. ¹¹And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.

We have the Spirit of the Living God that Raised Christ Jesus from the DEAD!

That has power!

Let us learn to die to self so that the Spirit of Jesus can live and move in us!

Galatians 5:16 (New International Version)

Life by the Spirit

¹⁶So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

Titus 2:11-14 (New International Version)

¹¹For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. ¹²It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, ¹³while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, ¹⁴who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

Stronger is he that is within us than that of the World.

Humility by Andrew Murray

"The point which I wish to emphasize is this- the very fact of the absence of such confession of sinning only gives more force to the truth that it is not in daily sinning that the secret of the deeper humility will be found. But, it is to be found in the habitual, never for a moment to be forgotten position, which the more abundant grace will keep more distinctly alive. It is that our true place- the only place of blessing, our one abiding position before God- must be that of those whose highest joy is to confess that they are sinners saved by grace."

Praise the Lord that we do not have to do it on our own power, that through humility the power of the spirit helps us to say NO to ungodliness and worldly passions. I long to be one that is devoted to humility so the power of the living God can rise up in power through me for his GLORY.

God is FAITHFUL!

Why is it so hard to die to SELF at times... I believe it is because the enemy is one of PRIDE... he knows that one that is devoted to dieing to self has the POWER of the LIVING GOD working through them... it is no longer about self! I want to take the GROUND that the enemy is on I want to see GOD victorious over my LIFE and the LIVES of all who are in Christ!