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Crucified

“I have been crucified with Christ,” Paul writes to the Galatians. He touches on the same idea in Romans 6, where he says of all who have been baptized into Christ, that “our old self was crucified with him.” Jesus himself originated the idea, telling us that anyone who would follow him must take up their own cross and follow him—clearly meaning to follow him to death, on that cross.

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Cast Down

“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?” The writer of Psalms 42-43 (from among the sons of Korah) expresses something all of us have felt. He asks the question repeatedly—it’s really bothering him. This is what today we would call self-talk, something we know to be very powerful, affecting our attitudes, our decision making, and our behavior. The psalmist’s words resonate with us. There are certainly times in every believer’s life when we are down like he is.

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