Devotion:
Read Romans 12:1-2.
Sacrifice was important in the Old Testament, but God made it clear that obedience from the heart was much more important. He wants us to offer ourselves as living sacrifices – daily laying aside our own desires to follow him. The Message version of this verse says it so well, “Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.” God has a good, pleasing and perfect plan for each of us. He wants us to be in fellowship with him every day. He has given us a body, soul, and spirit and wants us to use those for his glory. He has given us our body that serves as a temple. He has created us with a soul where our mind, will and emotions live. And he has given us a spirit that is designed to connect with God’s Holy Spirit. When we allow God’s Spirit to guide the choices we make with our body and soul, we are living in his good, pleasing, and perfect plan. We are living a life that honors him when we obey him, and that is the way to worship him.
Personal Worship Option:
Giving up our own desires and becoming a living sacrifice begins with how we think. Let this be your prayer today: “God, transform me into a new person by changing the way I think.”
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