Verse of the Day 7-24-22

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Romans 12:1

Jesus’ followers must possess a strong passion to honor him in every aspect of life. Out of gratitude to God for his mercy and salvation, we should be completely devoted to loving him, living by his standards and serving his purposes for our lives. We learn three important things in this verse about “offering bodies as living sacrifices.”

1. Our goal should be to show God’s holiness in all we do. This requires separation from the patterns and practices of the world so we can pursue a deeper relationship with God. As we consider his sacrifice for us, offering ourselves to him as “living sacrifices” is good and pleasing as our spiritual act of worship (v. 2).
2. We must offer our bodies to God as dead to sin and alive to God and as the temple of the Holy Spirit.
3. We must realize that true Godly worship involves a lifestyle that brings honor to Christ in words and actions. It is not necessarily a great sacrifice to voice our worship to God in a church service where people are gathered for that very purpose. Worship becomes a true sacrifice when we take it outside of the church by living in a way that truly honors, exalts and brings positive attention to God.

Today’s Bible Readings:

2 Chronicles 11-13, Romans 8:26-39, Psalm 18:37-50 and Proverbs 19:27-29