Galatians 6:14-18 - The Cross!

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But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

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For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.

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And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.

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From now on let no one trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.

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Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

THE CROSS
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My one boast, my one source of self-satisfaction should come from the Cross. It is in the cross, where Christ was crucified in total obedience to the  Will of His Father, that I claim as my central part of my life. For, surely, as Jesus died, I, too, should die.  Where Jesus submitted Himself to the Father, I too should submit myself to the Father.  

Let me live my life as a crucified servant, O Lord.  The world is dead to me, its' charms of no effect. Rather, I seek to be with the Lord. Help me this day, to do those things which would show that I am one who is crucified with Christ. And, then I await, Your Resurrection, Lord, when you can raise me up as well. Amen.