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DYING TO SELF
When you are forgotten, or neglected, or purposely set at naught, and
you don't sting and hurt with the insult or the oversight, but your
heart is happy, being counted worthy to suffer for Christ.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
When your good is evil spoken of, when your wishes are crossed, your
advice disregarded, your opinions ridiculed, and you refuse to let
anger rise in your heart, or even defend yourself, but take in all in
patient, loving silence.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
When you lovingly and patiently bear any disorder, any irregularity,
any impunctuality, or any annoyance; when you stand face-to- face with
waste, folly, extravagance, spiritual insensibility-and endure it as
Jesus endured.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
When you are content with any food, any offering, any climate, any society, any raiment, any interruption by the will of God.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
When you never care to refer to yourself in conversation, or to record
your own good works, or itch after commendations, when you can truly
love to be unknown.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
When you can see your brother prosper and have his needs met and can
honestly rejoice with him in spirit and feel no envy, nor question God,
while your own needs are far greater and in desperate circumstances.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
When you can receive correction and reproof from one of less stature
than yourself and can humbly submit inwardly as well as outwardly,
finding no rebellion or resentment rising up within your heart.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
"That I may know Him, and the power of his resurrection, and the
fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death."
Phil.3:10 From an acquaintance's blog. (Not sure of the original source)
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