DYING TO SELF DAILY

Dying to Self Daily

Selfishness is not learned behavior, we are born with it. But when we accept Jesus as our Savior, He comes to live in our spirit, and if we allow that renewed part of us to rule our decisions, then we can overcome the selfishness. It doesn't go away, but the Greater One who lives in us helps us overcome it daily (see Galatians 5:16).

Now, I haven't overcome selfishness entirely, and I doubt anyone else has either. Even the apostle Paul, one of the greatest Christians who ever lived, had trouble overcoming selfishness. Learning to live unselfishly was a journey for him, just like everybody else. He said that he had to "die to self" every single day.

We are called to the same life. It may be hard, but we cannot live selfish lives and expect to make a difference. We must die to self every single day. That may sound difficult, but when you live with the life of Jesus inside you, He can renew you and help you live the unselfish life.

Prayer Starter: Lord, I'm not perfect, but I know that like Paul, I can die to self every day. With Your life inside of me, I know that I can overcome selfishness.

I read this today and thought i'd share it....I don't know about you but am not perfect and I am very selfish, i know God wants to use me to make a difference, I am praying to Him for a renewed mind so I can overcome selfishness.

Wow, thanks for that one, when I first read it I thought hmmm I'm ok I'm self sacrificing most of the time, but upon reflection and reading some scriptures I realized that only a selfish person could think like that.

My eyes have been opened to the fact that at the root of every problem is selfishness.
James 3:16 TEV
16 where there is jealousy ans selfishness, there is also disorder and very kind of evil.

Giving is the opposite of acting selfishly. Divine love is the opposite of selfishness. No other "religion" teaches to put others first , to love your enemies. Christianity is the only one that teaches that you can be totally changed and become a person with a new nature......selfless!
We are products of a corrupt culture that teaches selfishness. All sin is selfish. No one ever sins for someone else.......we do it for selfish reasons.

Selfishness is the opposite of love
John 15:12-13
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:12, 13 KJV)
Galatians 5:14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (Galatians 5:14 KJV)
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love endures long and is patient and
kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is
not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself
haughtily. It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is
not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love
(God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its
own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no
account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. It does not rejoice at injustice and
unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth
prevail. (1 Corinthians 13:4-6 AMP)

The more I read the more I realize that selfishness is not only bad, but its strong and very hurtful. I need to identify all my selfish attitudes and by grace and through prayer overcome them.

Very powerful passages. It is important indeed to die to ourselves, but how do we?
The apostle said in 1 Cor 15:31 '...i die daily...' Let us die daily to our self desires and say NO to our mind when its leading us into things that are unpleasing to God.
God help us indeed to make it our prayer to die daily to ourselves.