Dying to self

This seems to be a theme of what God is speaking to me lately. Death to self. I've known about dying to self for many years now, but the actual dying to self part is a continual thing lol. I'm really noticing that we as western world Christians are far too selfish and we just basically live how we want to. We do what we want most of the time and it subtly pulls us away from the truth of our need to die to our SELF. Who are we living for? Ourselves or God? I was digging through a box of books tonight and found one of my old journals from like 6 years ago when we did this Bible school called "The School of Christ". I found some really great quotes that I had written down that just spoke on this very topic.

"Jesus came to do the will of the Father. Jesus says that our purpose on earth is to do the will of the Father" ~B.H. Clendennan

"All that serves Satan is SELF. The Cross works to remove that SELF" ~B.H. Clendennan

Not only is dying to self dying to our self-will, selfish ambitions etc, but dying to self is dying to everything in us that seeks to gratify and glorify self. For I was bought with a price, my life is no longer my own but it is Christ's. I am here to do His will and not my own.

I want to write so much more on this subject but it's now 2am and I need sleep lol. Man, when you are getting revelation it's hard to drag yourself to bed. I will be back to this subject soon. Look out for part 2:)