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When you are forgotten or neglected or purposely set at naught, and you sting and hurt with the insult or the oversight, but your heart is happy, being counted worthy to suffer for Christ-that is dying to self. When your good is evil spoken of, when your wishes are crossed, your advice disregarded, your opinions ridiculed and you refuse to let anger rise in your heart, or even defend yourself, but take all in patient loving silence-that is dying to self. When you lovingly and patiently bear any disorder, any irregularity, or any annoyance, when you can stand face to face with waste, folly, extravagance, spiritual insensibility, and endure it as Jesus endured it-that is dying to self. When you are content with any food, any offering, any raiment, any climate, any society, any attitude, any interruption by the will of God-that is dying to self. When you never care to refer to yourself in conversation, or to record your own good works, or itch after commendation, when you can truly love to be unknown-that is dying to self. When you see your brother prosper and have his needs met and can honestly rejoice with him in spirit and feel no envy nor question God, while your own needs are far greater and in desperate circumstances-that is dying to self. When you can receive correction and reproof from one of less stature than yourself, can humbly submit inwardly as well as outwardly, finding no rebellion or resentment rising up within your heart-that is dying to self.
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Malachi 4

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4:1 Çàùîòî, åòî, èäå äåíÿò, êîéòî ùå ãîðè êàòî ïåù; È âñè÷êèòå ãîðäåëèâè, è âñè÷êè, êîèòî âúðøàò íå÷åñòèå, ùå áúäàò ïëÿâà. È òîÿ äåí, êîéòî èäå, ùå ãè èçãîðè, Êàçâà Ãîñïîä íà Ñèëèòå, Òà íÿìà äà èì îñòàâè íè êîðåí íè êëîí÷å.

4:2 À íà âàñ, êîèòî ñå áîèòå îò èìåòî Ìè, Ùå èçãðåå ñëúíöåòî íà ïðàâäàòà Ñ èçöåëåíèå â êðèëàòà ñè; È ùå èçëåçåòå è ñå ðàçèãðàâàòå êàòî òåëöè èç îáîðà.

4:3 Ùå ñòúï÷åòå íå÷åñòèâèòå; Çàùîòî òå ùå áúäàò ïåïåë ïîä ñòúïàëàòà íà íîçåòå âè  äåíÿ, êîéòî îïðåäåëÿì, Êàçâà Ãîñïîä íà Ñèëèòå.

4:4 Ïîìíåòå çàêîíà íà ñëóãàòà ìè Ìîèñåÿ, Êîéòî ìó çàïîâÿäàõ â Õîðèâ çà öåëèÿ Èçðàèë, Ñèðå÷, ïîâåëåíèÿòà è ñúäáèòå.

4:5 Åòî, Àç ùå âè èçïðàòÿ ïðîðîê Èëèÿ, Ïðåäè äà äîéäå âåëèêèÿò è ñòðàøåí äåí Ãîñïîäåí;

4:6 È òîé ùå îáúðíå ñúðöåòî íà áàùèòå êúì ÷àäàòà, È ñúðöåòî íà ÷àäàòà êúì áàùèòå èì, Äà íå áè äà äîéäà è ïîðàçÿ çåìÿòà ñ ïðîêëåòèÿ.