First Assembly of God San Antonio

Humility is paramount if we're going to come to God. But sometimes in my own mind, I've thought that I must decrease so he can increase. That's not what the scripture says. It says he must increase so I can decrease. It means this, it means this. The other way around is striving and working harder and harder and harder and harder and harder. But when I say, God, I need you. When I say, God, forgive me. When I say, God, come and live and take residence and let this truly be the temple of the Holy Spirit. And he comes. Do you know what happens? My appetites change. And all of a sudden, I'm not hungry for the things of the world anymore because I've experienced the love of a father. I know who I am and I know what a counterfeit is. And I listen, I can spot it a mile away. And I say, I don't want that anymore. And I decrease not because it's a work of the flesh, but it's because I have received from a father first, first, he must increase. This is not behavior modification. You cannot buy it. You can't gain it. You can't be good enough, smart enough. You can't. All you can do is receive it and make a decision in your life to follow Jesus.