I read a quote...& it went like this...
"A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist."-Stewart Alsop
This was the quote I needed to hear after becoming addicted to Tye Tribbett's song "Eulogy". Here are some of the lyrics...
"I'm doing my own eulogy...seems like everyone's sad except me...
seems something like a release cause I'm finally free...
Gotta let you go now, you've been hanging on for way too long...
You been taking me down...you and me will never get along...
So goodbye...so long...
Nothing good came out of me and you...that's why it's so easy for me to choose...there's only one thing left for me to do...and that's die to you"...
These lyrics paired with that quote equates to something rather powerful. To die to self...
"If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me." Matthew 16:24.
There's another quote I read a while ago that stuck with me...
"The main problem with Christians is that they try to live Christ's life without first dying Christ's death."
That's real! What's the point of reading God's word to claim ALL the promises detailed inside and praying his prayers for your selfish desires if you're still "doing you"...Blessings are stored up for the righteous! Not saying God doesn't still love you; just saying you're out of line! There's a death that needs to take place so that live can begin...& it's yours...
"My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." Galatians 2:20.
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