If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care— then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends.
Don’t push your way to the front; don’t sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.
Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself.
— Philippians 2:1-5a
All sin and all problems are rooted in selfishness. Jesus was selfless and sinless, thinking of others before himself. A friend of mine once said, "I’m not much, but I am all I think about."
That made me laugh, but there is a lot of truth in it for most of us. Read those words from Paul again. Wow! This could really change the world.
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