Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others ~ 1 Corinthians 10:24

...live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. ~ Ephesians 5:2

Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things preserve my life according to your word. ~ Psalms 199:36-37 ~ As a Christ follower your life is not your own, it was purchased by the blood of Christ. Take special note of the words "has given Himself for us, an offering to God" Jesus sacrifice was for us, but, as an offering to God. Without entire self-sacrifice the new command, the command of love, cannot be fulfilled. WITHOUT SELF-SACRIFICE WE CANNOT LOVE AS JESUS LOVED. The self-sacrifice in which you have devoted yourself to God's service binds you also to your fellowmen, for the same act that makes you entirely God's, makes you entirely theirs. In all self-sacrifice their must be two sides, Christ self-sacrifice had a God-ward as well as a man-ward aspect. It was for us...but...to God! His sacrifice was not for self recognition, rather it was for us, but, to God. Let our self-sacrifice also be for others, but to God. A daily self -sacrifice must start with the little things, and it must start at home. Serve your wife and family not as a burden, but as an offering to God. For them, but to God.

May your life be the proof of His love.