God calls His children, His people, to live sacrificially and to do this we must be filled with His Spirit.  As a follower of Christ, we are given God the Holy Spirit.  And our lives need to reflect Him!   As this devotional continues with that thinking process, consider the following: (NASB) Romans 12:12 […]

Praying for yourself and for others blesses you and them.  The following is such a blessing…(when praying for yourself: insert “I” and “my” in place of “you”) (NIV) Philippians 1:9-11 “And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10so that you may be able […]

  As this devotional continues to consider what salvation is to ‘look like’ from a practical, everyday perspective…it becomes increasingly evident that we need to be filled with the Spirit of God.  To be in right standing with God is to be continually refreshed and renewed in our minds as followers of Christ.  We need […]

Praying for yourself and for others blesses you and them.  The following is such a blessing…(when praying for yourself: insert “I” and “my” in place of “you”) (NIV) Philippians 1:9-11 “And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10so that you may be able […]

  Living a life filled with the Spirit of God will mean we are living transformed lives.    Everyone has things in their past and in their present which are not pleasing to God.  That is why we need Jesus to save us from wrong thinking and thoughts we have hidden in the cupboards of […]

Do you pray the following for others and even for yourself? (Amplified Bible) Ephesians 1:15-17 “For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints (the people of God), 16I do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my […]

 Living sacrificially is to serve the LORD by serving others.   What about your heart?  Does it need to be circumcised?  Does there need to be a ‘cutting away’ those choices and words and thoughts that loves to sin against God?  (All sin is ultimately against God.  And sin begins with thoughts and motives.)   […]

  As this devotional considers being filled with the Holy Spirit of God (who has been given to all believers) Romans continues to teach about our responsibilities:  (NASB) Romans 12:6-8 “Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to […]

  Sacrificial living includes getting rid of godless habits of thought and any wrong views you have of yourself. (NASB) Romans 12:3 “For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound […]

  To live pleasing to God is to be filled with His Holy Spirit – the spring of living water welling up into eternal life. (NASB) Romans 12:1-2 “THEREFORE I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service […]