And so, dear brothers, I
plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living sacrifice, holy
– the kind He can accept. When you think of what He has done for you, is this
too much to ask? Don’t copy the behaviour and customs of this world, but be a
new and different person with a fresh newness in all you do and think. Then you
will learn from your own experience how His ways will really satisfy you.
(Romans 12:1-2 TLB)
Prayer
Thank You, Jesus, for taking
my sins away from me and taking the punishment that I should have had, upon Yourself. You were
pierced for my transgressions, You were crushed for my iniquities, the
punishment that brought peace to my heart You took upon Yourself, and by Your
wounds and stripes I am forever healed in the name of Jesus Christ.
Thank You, Jesus, for
rescuing me from the power of darkness and this world. I know that the power of
darkness has no more hold upon me because Your Shed Blood has been the atonement
for my freedom and my faith in Christ Jesus has set me free.
Thank You, Jesus, for
making it possible for me to have a deep and meaningful relationship with our
Father, You and the Holy Spirit of God.
I will not copy the behavior and customs of this world. I am a new creation: (This means that
anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a
new life has begun! (2 Corinthians 5:17 NLB). Therefore, I am a different
person with a fresh newness in Christ. I will not allow the world to squeeze me
into a mould, but I shall be convicted to stand for Christ Jesus, my precious
Lord. Nothing will sway me from following God through Jesus Christ my precious Lord.
May my heart be
convicted to know that my Father in Heaven has sent me to the earth to do His
will just like He sent Jesus Christ my Saviour to do His will in obedience? I also
choose to walk in obedience to God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit of
God.
I ask You to grant me
the knowledge, wisdom, ability, to offer You my body as a living sacrifice,
holy – the kind You can accept through Jesus Christ my precious Lord. Amen.
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