Sentences with phrase «selfish old nature»

In Christ we can overcome the lust of our body or our selfish old nature, and practice love of neighbour and love to God.

St. Paul meant we should overcome our selfish old nature which is tightly connected with our body through faith in Jesus, and love God and our neighbour.

Not exact matches

To accept something as true is too little — we need also the rebirth through God himself where we get a new nature which shall gradually replace our old selfish ego which we have inherited from Adam.

I can top all of you being in a wait and see relationship for 24 years, good times, great sex but no respect; it has taken me this long to realize that love doesn't hurt; love cares what the other person's needs are and tries to fulfill them; the plain truth is that this guy is a user out of our good nature; the worse of the worse because they know the feelings and hurt in someone and they continue to take, string along to fulfill their own needs; it isn't about how much we love them; it is about how little that they love us; no one lets a person that they truly love be in pain, year after year; it is a defect in their make up and a defect in ours to stay and settle for less than we deserve; there is love after this and we have to learn to love ourself enough to stop this pain on our own behalf; mine has thrown me out like an old shoe over and over and I forgive him, not now; I forgive myself for wasting time and need to move on to find someone who isn't selfish and using; I can't change him, I can only change me and that I am going to do; there is a saying that if you aren't over him you are under him, exactly l see you and best of luck to my poor replacement.