Morning with Ebenezer

DENY YOURSELF

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Matthew 16:24-26 NKJV

We are living in a selfish world, a world which everyone wants to take advantage of one another. We are seeing sign of times, we see the love of many grow cold and even the so called Evangelical Christians are falling in the same kind of trap. This selfishness has harmed every corner of our daily lives, no one wants to be willing to serve but most of us wants to be served and respected highly.

We see husbands complaining that they need freedom to do whatever they want from their wives. The question to ask yourself if you are such a man, why did you decided to marry at the first place? If you wanted to be free you could remain single and no one would bother you in anyhow. This shows that most of us, don't like to carry our cross, to do our responsibilities and to let our self die for the sake of others.

Cross means death, and nothing less. This means the death of self, the state of being willing to die from pleasures of this world. Forsaking alcohol, life of adultery, pride, bad company, forgiving all who wounded you in the past, and be willing to forsake your plans and dreams for the sake of God's purpose in your life.

This morning, God wants you to know that Christian life is all about sacrifice. Is the life of self denying, the life of letting others go ahead of you and continue being at peace with them knowing that your time will come and you will rise too. It is the life of leaving your own interests behind and embracing what the Lord had in store for you.

There will be no profit for you to gain the whole world, and lose your soul. This is the time for you to say no to any form of selfishness in you, any desire of loving things of this world than God. The time is now, the hour has come for you to ask God to change your heart and make it as the way He wants it to be. God bless you.

****Morning Prayer****

Pray this prayer with me by faith and God is going to answer your prayer....

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord I stand against with any form of selfishness in me in the name of Jesus. I will be willing to carry my cross everyday and follow you gladly. I declare and decree that I will live according to your Word. In Jesus' Name, Amen.