The greatest commandments is to Love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind, and strenth and to love your neighbor as yourself (Mark 12:30) so I believe one of the greatest scripture we can study is Phillipians 2. It shows us how to walk out from a life of selfishness and loneliness into a life of Selflessness and togetherness. This in turn will bring about the greatest revelation we can have. That is to fully and completely love God with all we are- and to love others like ourselves which is paramount when we realize God created this to be a love pattern that we need to learn how to walk out. this pattern was Given to us by Christ when he died to himself and chose to love us even unto death (Phill 2:5-8). As we learn the greatest sacrifice to love others unconditionally is birthed out of humility we will begin to grasp the concept of dying to ourselves. This is sometimes not a fun process but something we all need to go through. I recently heard someone say that it is possible to have pain without love but not possible to love without pain. True love is transparent and we are called to walk with those we love through hard times. This is true love. To know that it won't always be easy but to say yes anyway and walk through and hold others you are in relationship with up when they cannot hold themselves. We are called to walk together in the fellowship of the Spirit, in tenderness and compassion by being like-minded, with the same love, and in the same Spirit and purpose. This can only be done when in humility we consider others better than ourselves- looking to others interest as well as our own (Phill. 2:1-4). I pray that this scripture would become revelation to all of us. It is so important that we learn to live a life of love that is birthed out of self sacrifice that can only come through humility. This humility can only come as we love God and learn what it is to be crucified with Christ- so it is no longer us who live-but the one who Loved us so much that he gave Himself to death>>>>>>thank you Jesus!!!!!!!! Help us live a life of surrendered obedience- to true love- loving beyond and in spite of ourselves.....Loving from a grace that only comes from you.....and in that we can find freedom and true love!!!!!

Philippians 2:1-11

Imitating Christ's Humility

 ¹If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, ²then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. ³Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. ⁴Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

 ⁵Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
 ⁶Who, being in very nature^[a] God,
      did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
 ⁷but made himself nothing,
      taking the very nature^[b] of a servant,
      being made in human likeness.
 ⁸And being found in appearance as a man,
      he humbled himself
      and became obedient to death-
         even death on a cross!
 ⁹Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
      and gave him the name that is above every name,
 ¹⁰that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
      in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
 ¹¹and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
      to the glory of God the Father.