How To : Deny Yourself

[Behold]

Reader,

To deny yourself, in contemporary lingo, simply means to serve a cause greater than your own self-interest.

This means you REALIZE that this is available as a lifestyle choice.
So, in the case of "denying yourself"..as the NT explains it......it means that you should put God first in your life at all times, without reservation or double-mindedness.
You choose to deny what you would naturally want to do to please yourself, most of the time.... as your first response and first lifestyle choice. And instead you choose to SERVE GOD instead.....as the #1 Position in your life.

A.) "Present your body as a living sacrifice to God, which is your resaonable SERVICE"...>Paul Teaches.

See that "SERVICE"?.::....to God? This has to become the center of your life, the core of your thinking, the root of your actions, and your utmost LOVE.

Listen,
God gave His only Son for you, Reader.
What are you willing to give Him......... = now defines the depth of your loyalty to God, and love for God.
Another way to think of it is....what are you willing to give up...for God?

That is how you "deny yourself" and "carry your Cross" regarding Christianity.

 

[Behold]

New Living Translation
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.

English Standard Version
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore I exhort you⁺, brothers, through the compassions of God, to present your⁺ bodies as a living sacrifice, holy to God, well-pleasing, which is your⁺ reasonable service.

King James Bible
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

New King James Version
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

NASB 1995
Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

NASB 1977
I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore I exhort you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice—living, holy, and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

Amplified Bible
Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies [dedicating all of yourselves, set apart] as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational (logical, intelligent) act of worship.

Berean Annotated Bible
Therefore I urge you⁺, brothers (and sisters), on account of God’s {Theou} mercy, to offer your⁺ bodies as living sacrifices, holy (set apart) and pleasing to God {Theō}, which is your⁺ spiritual service of worship (your reasonable service).

Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.

 

[quietthinker]

Reader,

To deny yourself, in contemporary lingo, simply means to serve a cause greater than your own self-interest.

This means you REALIZE that this is available as a lifestyle choice.
So, in the case of "denying yourself"..as the NT explains it......it means that you should put God first in your life at all times, without reservation or double-mindedness.
You choose to deny what you would naturally want to do to please yourself, most of the time.... as your first response and first lifestyle choice. And instead you choose to SERVE GOD instead.....as the #1 Position in your life.

A.) "Present your body as a living sacrifice to God, which is your resaonable SERVICE"...>Paul Teaches.

See that "SERVICE"?.::....to God? This has to become the center of your life, the core of your thinking, the root of your actions, and your utmost LOVE.

Listen,
God gave His only Son for you, Reader.
What are you willing to give Him......... = now defines the depth of your loyalty to God, and love for God.
Another way to think of it is....what are you willing to give up...for God?

That is how you "deny yourself" and "carry your Cross" regarding Christianity.

How to! I wonder how many more 'how to's' are coming down the pike
Now, with all those 'how to's' dished out already, I wonder if the master of 'how to' has surmounted the 'how to' mountain himself?

 

[Behold]

How to! I wonder how many more 'how to's' are coming down the pike

"Deny yourself".........what?

A.) 1st Place.