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ORIGINAL: galadriel2

I wasn't going to say anything about the 'dying to self' - but I think Scripture teaches that we already are dead to self and sin. We died at the cross when Christ died and we rose with Him too. In the same way that when Adam sinned, in God's eyes, I sinned too (that is why I come into this world already punished for that sin - dead in trespasses and sin and needing to be born again); in the same way, as someone who has entrusted herself to Christ/Messiah, I am now 'in Christ'. I have died to sin and risen from the punishment of sin (death) never to die again. Death, in the Bible, means 'separation'. I will never be separated from the love of God again.


God bless,
Galadriel2

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ORIGINAL: coconut_princess

When you want godly changes in your life, how do you allow God to change you?

For example, I want to be a more submissive and loving wife, I read scriptures, I pray, but when push comes to shove, I find myself once again not being the loving and submissive wife I want to be.

It seems that change never comes, so I wonder, how does change come? Is there something more I should be doing?