Self-Denial/deny himself – Household Words:

PURPOSE. 2 Corinthians 5:15.

What motivates the people you know? Do they have goals? Plans? Dreams? What drives their lives? The question is easiest to answer about small children: they want good food, enough sleep, and constant entertainment. Children are born selfish. Nothing wrong with that, really—we are all born selfish, but must not remain there. Yet most do.Continue reading “PURPOSE. 2 Corinthians 5:15.”

Deny Himself. Mark 8:34.

A woman once brought her little boy to Robert E. Lee. She asked the West Point graduate and Civil War general to bless her son. He gave an interesting answer: “Teach him that he must deny himself.” Did anyone teach you to deny yourself? When did you last tell yourself No? When was the lastContinue reading “Deny Himself. Mark 8:34.”