What Sanctification Really Means

It’s not about improvement. It’s about surrender.

Author

Kevin Sutherland
July 22, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes

Daily Devotional

Sanctification

Sanctification isn’t self-help—it’s self-death.

It’s not a polished version of you.
It’s the end of you, so that Christ may live.

God’s will for your life isn’t your comfort.
It’s your conformity to Christ.
That’s why sanctification always includes a cross.

The Spirit of God will strip away every layer—
your pride, your self-image, your comfort zone—
until only your naked trust in Jesus remains.

Kingdom Discipleship: A Word from Pastor Kevin

Sons and daughters—
Sanctification doesn’t start in the spotlight.
It starts on the altar.

Jesus doesn’t just renovate your life.
He replaces it with His own.

When you pray, “Lord, sanctify me,”
you’re praying, “Lord, consume me.”

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This is the will of God, even your sanctification.

1 Thessalonians 4:3 (KJV)
July 22, 2025

Today’s Prayer

Lord,
Take every false thing off of me—
my pride, my titles, my image.
Strip me down to just ‘me,’
and make me one with Christ.
Let Your will be done in my life through sanctification.
Amen.

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REFLECTION QUESTIONS

  • What is God currently stripping away in your life so that Jesus can reign fully?

  • Am I willing to be known by God, stripped of what others think of me?

  • What does it mean for me to be united with Christ in death today?

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