If You Want to Truly Live, Daily Die

Put to death . . . what is earthly in you. (Colossians 3:5)Today I must die.Is that one of your first thoughts in the morning? Does putting yourself to death rank very high on the list of things that occupy your mind throughout the day? Do you dwell on self-mortification? If we heed Paul’s words in Colossians 3:5, then death will be daily on our minds.Paul’s instructions to the church in Colossae cast the Christian life into what we might call a baptismal shape. While baptism occu