Sacrifice - My Status Symbol
O wicked and perverse generation have I been so long in your mist and yet you have perceived me not? Have I not ministered unto you in powerful ways and you have been blind? Yes! and when I speak to you, you do not hear. O My children you go your way, as though you belong to another. Yes, you behave not as sons and daughters but as strangers. You hold meetings in My name and give honor to men, but not to Me! You boast that you serve Me, but in truth, you serve your own ego; for that which you do is calculated to enhance your own position and to advance your own agenda, and you do it all under the pretense of holiness. Get to the prayer closet! This is the reason I have taught you to pray in secret, because there you will find fewer false motives and less temptation. Remember the more you pamper the flesh as with bodily comfort, the more it will demand of you, until you become its servant. Do not be deceived; let Me repeat My commandment to you, that you must deny yourself and take...