Galatians 2:20; “My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.”
The old self negotiates. It says: “I’ll fast — but I’ll keep this.” “I’ll surrender — but not that.” “I’ll obey — but only if it’s comfortable.” The old self wants partial obedience. Lent exposes where partial obedience still lives. Where are you struggling today?
The old self: • Seeks control over surrender • Seeks comfort over obedience • Seeks validation over identity • Seeks appetite over discipline.
Romans 6:6; “We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives.”
Romans 7:15-19; “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.”
Father, forgive us. We’re trying too hard and we’re done. We’re tired. Our flesh is in a constant battle with You Lord and we want You to win! We’re rooting for YOU! Change us, break us, REND OUR HEARTS JESUS! Rid me of myself Lord, I belong to You. I rebuke the enemy in my life; I rebuke my fleshy desires. I ache only for You Lord. Thank You for loving me enough to go to the cross, thank You for taking that burden on, You knew I would never make it on my own. Thank You that I don’t have to. Lead me Jesus, help me finish this season of Lent with new perspective and obedience that will lead me in the next season. I want my life to be a testimony to You alone, show me how Lord. It’s in Your Most Holy and Precious Name I pray, Amen.
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