Just as Jesus Christ had to take on Himself a body in order to accomplish God's will on earth, so we must yield our bodies to Christ that He might continue God's work through us.
Romans 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sins, but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
As Christians, we must yield the members of our body as "instruments of righteousness" for the Holy Spirit to use in the doing of God's work.
The Old Testament sacrifices were dead sacrifices, but we are to be living sacrifices.
Do you have the virus of doubt? Maybe you doubt that God has really forgiven your sins or that the Bible is really the Word of God. Do you question why God lets people suffer? Maybe you prayers aren't being answered and you doubt that God really cares.
You have plenty of evidence that God is real, that the Bible is true, and that God cares about you.
Because we are finite people with finite minds, we can't understand everything about an infinite God. Our questions don't always have complete answers. As we mature in our faith over the years, perhaps God will show us answers or we may have to wait until we get to heaven.
1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
If we had all the answers, there would be no room for faith.
To begin with, we are the Lord's ambassadors, sent to represent Him in the world.
Luke 10:2 Therefore said he unto thee, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore The Lord of the Harvest that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
We are also neighbors, looking for opportunities to show mercy in the name of Christ.
But at the heart of all our ministry is devotion to Christ, so we To begin with, we are the Lord's ambassadors, sent to represent Him in the world.
Luke 10:2 Therefore said he unto thee, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore The Lord of the Harvest that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
We are also neighbors, looking for opportunities to show mercy in the name of Christ.
But at the heart of all our ministry is devotion to Christ, so we must be worshipers who take time to listen to His Word and commune with Him.
Whether we are in the harvest field, on the highway, or in the home, our highest privilege and our greatest joy is to do the will of God.
who take time to listen to His Word and commune with Him.
Whether we are in the harvest field, on the highway, or in the home, our highest privilege and our greatest joy is to do the will of God.
There is a God who loves you and will give you power to overcome your "hurts, habits, and hang-ups".
It has been said that a man can live four minutes without air, four days without water, forty days without food, and only four seconds without hope.
The reason people don't have hope is because they don't have faith. You must earnestly believe that God exists, that you matter to Him, and that He has power to help you recover from your "hurts, habits, and hang-ups". A power greater than yourself can restore you to sanity.
Philippians 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
It doesn't matter who you are
It doesn't matter where you've been
It doesn't matter what the scar
It doesn't matter what the sin
It doesn't matter how you fell,
Somewhere along the way;
There's healing and hope for your life today
(And it's found in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ)
