The word for today is - Decrease !

Good morning,

The word for today is -  Decrease !

 

You see, we must decrease, in order for God to increase in us. The word says, get understanding, Jesus wants us to deny ourselves and follow Him. Read Matthew 16:24, Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. “Taking up the cross” this means,God procures our deliverance from earthly, fleshly things possessing our hearts and minds, and He takes away the strongholds over us. How awesome is that? Read 1 Peter 2:1, Therefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speaking. This means when you take up the cross, you should be walking and talking by the Spirit of God. That Spirit is in truth and Love! Read Galatians 5:16-18,This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. The word tells us to be led by the spirit not by the flesh. Also read Ephesians 4:22, That you put off concerning the former way of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts. Anything that prevents you from obeying God’s plan for your life is a hindrance and a snare to your spiritual growth. We are crucified with Him on the cross. Now get this, read Romans 6:6, Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer serve sin. If you desire to follow Him and to be a true disciple of the Lord you must learn to crucify the flesh with its unholy appetites and take up your cross by dying to the selfish desires of your flesh. Read Matthew 6:19-24,Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. The word of God tells us let no man think of himself more highly than others. Read Romans 12:3,For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. We walk by faith not by sight! We need you Lord, the message is the ministry of the gospel,its not about us! The message is about the kingdom of God!!! Move out of the way, and let God have His way in your life!! Read John 3:30,He must increase, but I must decrease.Thank you Lord for your word. Amen !