ESH-13 JESUS SAYS THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE FOR HIM-IS TO DIE TO ME-MY SUBMISSION IS HIS PLAN FOR MY LIFE

TO REALLY LIVE JESUS SAID WE MUST DIE TO SELF
Without death, we are unable to unleash all the vast working of God in our life. We are our biggest hindrance. Death to self is the key that unlocks the doorway to all that God has planned for us. The earlier we learn this, the more fruitful our lives can become.
How well each of us remembers when the words of Romans 12:1-2 first penetrated our understanding. Paul said to offer our bodies as a “living sacrifice”. Alive; but always dying. Transformed, and no longer conformed to the world’s pattern. That is the pathway of blessing that God has laid out for us.
When we really understand these words we begin a daily renewal of this offering of ourselves to God. Paul states that dying is the daily prerequisite for spiritual vitality. Each time we feel stagnant spiritually it is a warning of we need to release again the directing of our life back to God.
One of my spiritual heroes growing up was George Muller of Bristol (1805-1898), who was used greatly by the Lord to nurture and disciple thousands in England and around the world. During his greatest years of widespread ministry and fame, he was asked what his “secret” was. Listen to his response:

When someone asked him, “What has been the secret of your life?” Müller hung his head and said, “There was a day when I died.” Then he bent lower and said, “Died to George Müller, his opinions, preferences, tastes, and will; died to the world, its approval or censure; died to the approval or blame even of brethren or friends.”

How clearly we see that Jesus modeled what He taught. He believed that the way to win was to die, and for us, He left these words.
Jesus came to die and He expects the same from us.
We are to die daily as living sacrifices, resisting the patterns of the world and accepting the yoke of Christ.
Pause right now and ask yourself:

Am I starting each day by bowing before my Lord and My God, surrendering to Him, and taking up His cross to denying myself the control of my plans, my goals, and my desires?

APPLYING CHRIST’S COMMAND

Here is Paul’s version of Christ's call, merged together two of his strongest appeals. Please read these words that frame Christ's call to take up our cross each day and follow Him as His disciples:

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Now, before we lose that thought, let me ask you to do something on this Palm Sunday. Please bow your head, and close your eyes: and think about who uttered those words we just read.
God did, and they are the inspired commands of your Lord & Master.
I’d like to ask each of you to think about if at some time in your life you have made that personal surrender and dedication to Christ, and have presented yourself to Him?
If so I would invite you to make a renewal of that surrender today, by quietly standing where you are.
If you are offering yourself for the first time, you may also stand and surrender to Him.
As you stand, in your heart tell the Lord that you are renewing your surrender and dedication.
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[sandraglienke]

I sleep with my phone because I'm listening to you. When I get up I turn my phone on to listen to you as I give thanks to the Lord . Then I read my Bible. Thank you. ❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏

[timlilly]

I urge you to look up his discussion on predestination. One of the best discussions I have ever seen. I don’t believe he aligns himself with a specific group but instead looks at all the scriptures that refer to both sides of the argument. I learned a lot regarding that lesson. It may have been in one of his Q&A sessions but you can find it by looking at all the videos on the channel.

[SnookOnTheFly]

During the tribulation a group of people will have to literally die for Jesus to refuse the mark.

[stingingmetal]

I *see the inverse in everything now.
I say things now.
Like "Irony is the fingerprint of God"
Or the question of "If God is real, prove it" to which I say "The silence is the proof".
It impresses my heart and mind.

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[jaythomas]

Does this mean I can tho to the movies anymore. I can't enjoy anything in this world?

[Anna_M]

Hi, I hope someone can answer my question. Is John a Calvinist? Thank you to anyone who will answer my question with a Yes or NO please. God Bless

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[alexisstewart]

What Jesus did and what He taught. What is your view of Torah Keepers teaching that if we don't keep Torah, we will be in the "depart from me" group.😬