AI OVERVIEW: Mortification, rightly understood, liberates by freeing a person from being ruled by destructive desires rather than living in misery. Two selves are described: the impulsive self driven by immediate desires and the valuing self shaped by what one deeply believes matters, such as love, joy, peace, patience, and generosity. The teaching ties Jesus' paradox of dying to live with Psalm 51 and Romans 8, showing that mortifying the flesh leads to life by the Spirit, and it invites concrete practice like doing one thing you don’t want to do today or listing impulses versus values.
YOUTUBE DESCRIPTION: Today is a good day to die. Which means it's a good day to come alive. In this reflection on Psalm 51, John Ortberg explores an old Christian word that doesn't get used much anymore: mortification. It sounds miserable. But properly understood, mortification isn't about becoming m...
