Die, Dumby!

Ah, this reminds me of the way I often try to "improve" my Christian living...yes, there is discipline, yes there is "working out your salvation," yes there is "picking up cross daily..."; but the primary thing is "As you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, so walk/live in Him..."
To be "born again" requires death; to live daily requires death...the gospel is for all of life, all of time...