Posts Tagged ‘ Self ’

VerseD: Matthew 22:37-39

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Matthew‬ ‭22:37‭-‬39‬ ‭ESV‬

In world focused on ignoring God and loving self, we gather together to encourage each other to love God and others sacrificially.

VerseD: Galatians 5:24

And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Galatians 5:24, ESV

We like to think we know best, but God calls us to a higher standard of His perfection. We must deny our own ways and take up His.

VerseD: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

2 Corinthians 5:17, ESV

Let us praise God that we have been given new life. He is making us a new creation, in the likeness of the Son.