Deny Yourself, Not God by Kenneth Copeland

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We have learned to practice faith. God wants
us to learn to practice faithfulness. Jesus said,
“Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself,
and take up his cross, and follow me” (Mark 8:34).
To deny yourself is to disregard your flesh and your
own desires, ambitions and interests.

In Galatians 5, we read that the spirit lusts against
the flesh and the flesh against the spirit. This simply
means that the desires of the outer man are in direct
opposition to the desires of the inner man. To follow
Him we must deny the desires of the flesh—or body—
and follow after the desires of our inner man—our spirits—
which have been reborn in the image of God.

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye
henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity
of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being
alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that
is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto
lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
But ye have not so learned Christ; if so be that ye have
heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

That ye put off concerning the former conversation
the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful
lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and
that ye put on the new man, which after God is
created in righteousness and true holiness (Ephesians 4:17-24).

We are to follow after the part of us that is made after God.
This will lead to the highest and best life possible on earth.

Many have tried to walk in the integrity of God’s Word
without putting their hearts into it. They want the good
things—health, prosperity, victory and blessings—without
giving themselves to God and serving Him with their whole hearts.

Jesus said, “This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth,
and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me”
(Matthew 15:8). You can confess the Word of God from now until
Jesus comes, but if your heart is not right, it will not come to pass.

Gloria Copeland

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