#Living Sacrifice

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Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts, the gift of God to man – His unspeakable gift of His Son, and the gift of man to God – when we present our bodies a living sacrifice.

Vance Havner

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'He himself bore our sins' in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; 'by his wounds you have been healed'.

1 Peter 2:24 NIV (2011)

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Crucified to Live - Paris Reidhead

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Set Apart for the Lord (Numbers 8:5-22)

To be pure of heart is a necessity for any sort of work to be done, and especially religious work.

Consecration of the Levites, by Dutch artist Jan Luyken (1649-1712) The Lord said to Moses: “Take the Levites from among all the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean. To purify them, do this: Sprinkle the water of cleansing on them; then have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes. And so they will purify themselves. Have them take a young bull with its grain offering of the…

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Resurrection Sunday!!!

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Happy Easter Sunday!!!

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In Heavenly Places

Our bodies are the Temple of God which He built when by His grace we were purchased from death into life through the Salvation in Jesus Christ. At the Altar of this Temple, we are called upon to make ourselves a living sacrifice and we get to the pinnacle when we sit with Jesus in Heavenly Places - the place of ultimate power. From this vantage height of power, we are to exploit the gifts so generously bestowed on us to work with and for our Lord to fulfil His desire and goal of His love that none should perish but have everlasting life. It is in pursuit of this goal that we become fruitful branches of the True Vine - Jesus Christ.

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LOVE FORGIVES

Through the raging gates of hell He has shown redemption He has opened up the skies And made up for my losses Who can make dark the purpose of Yahweh? Who can take away the hand of compassion?

The air is blessed and my house is full I was destroyed but Your hand brought beauty My sin had overcome me but Your hand brought mercy I am lifted by her love Through the cracks of my despair Each day is made new in Your hands forever

This is a call to the weak These are the words we proclaim Piece by piece I have gained a part of myself My dreams are one again Let me take you Beauty – Your majesty Love forgives travesty

This is a call to the weak These are the words we proclaim Piece by piece I have gained a part of myself My dreams are one again Let me take you Beauty – Your majesty Love forgives travesty Love forgives Love forgives Love forgives

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and so, bearing our sins, the son of God took up the cross and walked…

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A Living Sacrifice

1 Christian brothers, I ask you from my heart to give your bodies to God because of His loving-kindness to us. Let your bodies be a living and holy gift given to God. He is pleased with this kind of gift. This is the true worship that you should give Him. 2 Do not act like the sinful people of the world. Let God change your life. First of all, let Him give you a new mind. Then you will know what God wants you to do. And the things you do will be good and pleasing and perfect.

3 God has given me His loving-favor. This helps me write these things to you. I ask each one of you not to think more of himself than he should think. Instead, think in the right way toward yourself by the faith God has given you. 4 Our bodies are made up of many parts. None of these parts have the same use. 5 There are many people who belong to Christ. And yet, we are one body which is Christ’s. We are all different but we depend on each other. 6 We all have different gifts that God has given to us by His loving-favor. We are to use them. If someone has the gift of preaching the Good News, he should preach. He should use the faith God has given him. 7 If someone has the gift of helping others, then he should help. If someone has the gift of teaching, he should teach. 8 If someone has the gift of speaking words of comfort and help, he should speak. If someone has the gift of sharing what he has, he should give from a willing heart. If someone has the gift of leading other people, he should lead them. If someone has the gift of showing kindness to others, he should be happy as he does it.

9 Be sure your love is true love. Hate what is sinful. Hold on to whatever is good. 10 Love each other as Christian brothers. Show respect for each other. 11 Do not be lazy but always work hard. Work for the Lord with a heart full of love for Him. 12 Be happy in your hope. Do not give up when trouble comes. Do not let anything stop you from praying. 13 Share what you have with Christian brothers who are in need. Give meals and a place to stay to those who need it. 14 Pray and give thanks for those who make trouble for you. Yes, pray for them instead of talking against them. 15 Be happy with those who are happy. Be sad with those who are sad. 16 Live in peace with each other. Do not act or think with pride. Be happy to be with poor people. Keep yourself from thinking you are so wise. 17 When someone does something bad to you, do not pay him back with something bad. Try to do what all men know is right and good. 18 As much as you can, live in peace with all men. 19 Christian brothers, never pay back someone for the bad he has done to you. Let the anger of God take care of the other person. The Holy Writings say, “I will pay back to them what they should get, says the Lord.” 20 “If the one who hates you is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him water. If you do that, you will be making him more ashamed of himself.” 21 Do not let sin have power over you. Let good have power over sin! — Romans 12 | New Life Version (NLV) New Life Version Holy Bible Copyright © 1969, 2003 by Barbour Publishing, Inc. Cross References: Genesis 42:25; Leviticus 19:18; Deuteronomy 14:2; 2 Samuel 17:29; 2 Kings 6:22; Ezra 10:11; Psalm 36:4; Psalm 131:1; Proverbs 31:15; Ecclesiastes 3:4; Ecclesiastes 7:16; John 13:34; John 17:11; Acts 4:36; Acts 6:1; Acts 13:1; Romans 1:15; Romans 5:2; Romans 13:1; Romans 14:19; 1 Corinthians 12:12; 1 Peter 3:9

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Sacrifice and offering you did not desire -- but my ears you have opened -- burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require. Then I said, "Here I am, I have come -- it is written about me in the scroll. I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart."

Psalm 40:6-8 NIV (2011)

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Family Prayer 16- Selflessness

Pray For Your Family Today To Have A Heart Like Jesus, To Walk In Selflessness Like He Did. 🙏

🙏Wholly-Holy Renew Our Families Lord Jesus Hosanna, Hosanna in the Highest! We praise You and thank you for our Family. We see and pray for a generation  of families to rise up and to take their place with selfless faith. We pray to see a near revival stirring in our families as we get heart to heart with Jesus and seek God’s way, truth and life. Jesus, our families are on our knees, Jesus King…

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Finding the will of God for your life Part 6/8

Offering your bodies as living sacrifices Holy and Pleasing to God

Rom. 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing, and perfect will.

These two verses are central to our pursuit of ‘knowing God’s will.’

Living Sacrifices: Living as disciples of Jesus often means living sacrificial lives. Jesus said, ‘take up your cross and follow me’ (Matt 16:24). Sacrificial living is costly and means preferring others more than we prefer ourselves (Rom 12:10).

Sacrificial living is not easy, we often feel unappreciated and misunderstood.

Holy: Peter says, ‘But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy (1 Peter 1:15:16).” God’s will be that we live holy lives (1 Thes 4:3). Consequently, living a life that is contrary to God’s standard is going to seriously impair our ability to actually hear God when he does reveal his will.

Pleasing: The whole purpose of finding and doing the will of God is to please him (Col 1:10). All too often people want to know God’s will so that they will be happy themselves. Even Jesus surrendered his own pleasure in order to please his Father.

Rom. 15:1-3 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please his neighbour for his good, to build him up. For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”

Conformity: The world is in darkness. When we refuse to conform, we reveal God’s light and expose their darkness (John 3:19-21). When we come to Christ we are to live with a new standard of purity and obedience (1 Peter 1:14).

Transformation: ‘If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come (2 Cor 5:17), we are to ‘put on the new self created to be like God in righteousness and holiness (Eph 4:23).’ We are to no longer live the way that we used to before coming to Christ; we are to be different – we are to be like Christ.

Renewed Minds: Whatever is true, lovely, praiseworthy… (Phil 4:9) we are to think on those things instead. We are to set our minds on God (Col 3:2) and not on earthly things. Real change can only happen if we change our thinking, that is why we need to address this vital area of our lives.

Once we have fulfilled these conditions then we will be able to test and approve what the will of God is – his good, pleasing, and perfect will.

The Permissible Will of God

1 Cor. 6:12 “Everything is permissible for me” — but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me” — but I will not be mastered by anything.

There are many things that are permissible for Christians, but some things are better left alone. Paul mentions two areas in the Christian life that can easily entangle the believer: food and sex. These two areas can be used for good or for ill. Paul is saying that in his pursuit of God’s will he is not prepared to be mastered by anything – for Christ has set him free. There are things in life we are free to use at our discretion. What to wear, what to eat, what kind of music we prefer, films to watch at the cinema etc. If we do these things with thanksgiving, God will bless them. These are permissible choices. However, in our choice we must ask ourselves are they constructive for godliness. Clothes, music, media, and the arts can all master us unless we use them wisely. With choice comes responsibility before God.

1 Cor. 10:23 “Everything is permissible” — but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible” — but not everything is constructive.

Paul uses introduces another factor in helping us make good choices – the ‘weaker brother’. In 1 Corinthians 10:23-33 Paul says that even if something is perfectly acceptable, if it causes someone else to stumble in their faith, then we should be prepared to forfeit that for their sake.

1 Cor. 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

Amen

Personal Prayer

In Part 7 we consider how we cant test the will of God.

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June, 19 (Morning) Devotion

“And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost.”

Acts 2:4

Rich were the blessings of this day if all of us were filled with the Holy Ghost. The consequences of this sacred filling of the soul it would be impossible to overestimate. Life, comfort, light, purity, power, peace; and many other precious blessings are inseparable from the Spirit’s benign presence. As sacred oil, he anoints the head of the believer, sets him apart to the priesthood of saints, and gives him grace to execute his office aright. As the only truly purifying water he cleanses us from the power of sin and sanctifies us unto holiness, working in us to will and to do of the Lord’s good pleasure. As the light, he manifested to us at first our lost estate, and now he reveals the Lord Jesus to us and in us, and guides us in the way of righteousness. Enlightened by his pure celestial ray, we are no more darkness but light in the Lord. As fire, he both purges us from dross, and sets our consecrated nature on a blaze. He is the sacrificial flame by which we are enabled to offer our whole souls as a living sacrifice unto God. As heavenly dew, he removes our barrenness and fertilizes our lives. O that he would drop from above upon us at this early hour! Such morning dew would be a sweet commencement for the day. As the dove, with wings of peaceful love he broods over his Church and over the souls of believers, and as a Comforter he dispels the cares and doubts which mar the peace of his beloved. He descends upon the chosen as upon the Lord in Jordan, and bears witness to their sonship by working in them a filial spirit by which they cry Abba, Father. As the wind, he brings the breath of life to men; blowing where he listeth he performs the quickening operations by which the spiritual creation is animated and sustained. Would to God, that we might feel his presence this day and every day.

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