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He Must Increase, I Must Decrease · The Bible Bit Podcast

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  Welcome back. This is Kimmy Miller of Woman at the Well Ministries bringing
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  you another Bible bit for you to enjoy.
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  I must decrease, He must increase.
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  Today as we journey through the scriptures seeking to understand God's perspective
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  for our witness of Him, we come to the realization that in us,
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  He must increase, but I must decrease, John 3.30.
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  This command wars against our very nature. All that we are and all that we do is because of God.
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  Yet we as fleshly beings want to promote ourselves and diminish the works of God.
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  We often take credit for the blessings He provides, and we frequently ignore the bounty He gives us.
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  If we do indeed acknowledge what He does or what He gives us,
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  many times we attribute it to, at least in part, to being related to something
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  we have done or something we had a part in making happen.
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  This, my friend, is wrong and is a practice in our lives that must cease.
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  In all that we do and in all that we think and in all we say, we must lift God up.
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  We must place him above all. We just can't say he is Lord of all.
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  We must live like he is Lord of all.
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  We must give him the position of Lord of our lives.
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  We must submit to him in all ways and in all things.
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  Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt
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  you in due time. 1 Peter 5, 6.
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  You must set aside all your self-righteous pride, demoting yourself in your
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  own estimation under the mighty hand of God so that he may exalt you to a place of honor.
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  You must live promoting less of you and more of him so he can use you in his
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  service when the time is right.
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  If you lift him up, he will draw all men to himself. John 12, 32.
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  Our commission in this world is to show Jesus to the world, to give the gospel to everyone.
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  There is no better way to do this than to live your life pointing others to Him.
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  You must be about your Father's business, giving all glory and honor to Him.
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  You must live a life that reflects the truth of 1 Timothy 1.17.
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  Now unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise God,
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  be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
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  As born-again Christians, we must be committed to increasing the prominence of Jesus.
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  Our works must be for His glory. Our purpose must be to let others see Jesus in us.
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  We are not to live for self, but for Jesus.
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  For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Mark 8, 36.
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  We must understand that those things which we have promoted us,
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  that are regarded as our merit—.
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  Our glory and that draw men to praise and worship us are the things that diminish
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  Christ in us. Philippians 3.7 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die.
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  But if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
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  Romans 8.13 Friends, you must decrease and he must increase.
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  So today, ask yourself this question. Do my words, actions, and intentions bring
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  honor to God or do they promote me?
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  If you are working for Christ for your own glory, then your work is in vain.
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  You must be fully sold out to Christ and live your life with the sole intent
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  of pointing others to Christ.
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  For whether we live, we live unto the Lord. And whether we die, we die unto the Lord.
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  Whether we live therefore or die, we are the Lord's. Romans 14.8 Live your life
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  building up Christ in you and letting him shine through you.
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  Increase his impact in you, through you, and upon you.
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  Live big in Jesus and crucify your flesh, giving all glory and honor to him.
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  Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify
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  your Father which is in heaven.
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  Matthew 5.16 Remember you are loved. Jesus loves you.
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