Romans 12
New Living Translation (NLT)
A Living Sacrifice to God
12 And so, dear brothers and sisters,[a]
I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done
for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find
acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.[b] 2 Don’t
copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you
into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to
know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
3 Because of the privilege and authority[c]
God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are
better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves,
measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.[d] 4 Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, 5 so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.6 In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. 7 If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. 8 If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.
god has gifted us each with something, it's up to us to pray and seek his will for what our gift is. No matter what your gift is, use it to the best of your ability to give god the most glory!
i pray that we don't become worldly, but would pray and seek god in what our gifts are to share his good news with the world.
amen
So glad Jesus prayed for us in John 17. Just have that on my mind right now. I believe He wants us to be more focused on projecting Him to our world and leave it up to Him to protect us from the world. Amen. Good post Billy.
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