Self-denial isn’t something we really like to talk about. Our enemy has convinced us to fear it, so we naturally resist it. But he has a reason for influencing us toward self-preservation. If we do not diligently—purposefully—resolve to deny our flesh, we will end up denying Christ.

And he identified it and said, “It is my son's robe. A fierce animal has…

He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because…