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!

The need to Belong

We all have the need to Belong. That is why we have gangs, societies, clubs and churches of many kinds.... you pick! We form many places to Belong and meet our needs.... a place you Belong. We all have this need to Belong which God can only truly satisfy.
What does the living word have to say: Ephesians 1: 3-14
³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, ⁴ just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love ⁵ He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, ⁶ to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. ⁷ In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace ⁸ which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight ⁹ He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him ¹⁰ with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him ¹¹ also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, ¹² to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory. ¹³ In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, ¹⁴ who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of His glory.

May we find that we Belong in Christ alone. I pray that we start to believe that we are what God calls us Beloved, Chosen, Accepted, Adopted and Loved. I believe that we need to find our worth in Christ alone but we also need true fellowship. We all need people in our lives that we can be total open with and share our hearts with that will hold us accountable. I praise the living God for the people he has put in my life in this season!

Healing of my Finger

A little over a week ago God did a mighty healing in my finger! When I came back from Europe I noticed a lump at the base of my middle finger that was very hard. I kept watching it and was getting a little worried due to the fact that it started to grow a little and hurt when I hit it on things. I was in the process of making an doctors appointment when one night I was talking to God about it and I felt the Lord whisper "Don't worry about it I have already taken care of it." So I felt my finger and it was totally gone. I couldn't believe it, I felt all my other fingers just to make sure I had the right finger and gave God the Glory. "Praise be the name of the Lord." Some would say that happens all the time! I say that I have a mighty healer that cares about me and is a relational God that delights in caring for his children, AMEN!