Tag Archive | sacrifice

Walk by The Spirit – Love

Jan20

But the fruit of the Spirit is love
Galatians 5:22 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.5.22.NASB1995

Recommended Reading: 1 Corinthians 13

No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.4.12.NASB1995

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.38-39.NASB1995

“This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you.
John 15:12-14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.15.12-14.NASB1995

If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
1 John 4:20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.4.20.NASB1995

We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
1 John 3:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.3.16.NASB1995

🌹Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:7-8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.4.7-8.NASB1995

Is the fruit of the Spirit – love – in me able to fill a glass, a pitcher, or a continual running river in me overflowing to the glory and purpose of God?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Portrait 6, Living A New Life

Jan15

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,
1 Peter 1:14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.1.14.NASB1995

Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
1 Peter 4:1-2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.4.1-2.NASB1995

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 of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:1-2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.12.1-2.NASB1995

🌹if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
Ephesians 4:21-24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.4.21-24.NASB1995

Portrait #1 Christ in You
Portrait #2 Walk in Him
Portrait #3 Take Up Your Cross-Self Denial
Portrait #4 A Crucified Life
Portrait #5 Seeks The Lord
Portrait #6 Living A New Life

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Portrait 3, Take Up Your Cross

Jan12

And He (Jesus) was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life (soul) will lose it, but whoever loses his life (soul) for My sake, he is the one who will save it.
Luke 9:23‭-‬24¹/Matthew 16:24-25²/Mark 8:34-35³ NASB

To deny “self” is to allow Christ living in us to have full reign of our lives. Surrendering our life to Christ who took on our sin so we could walk in Him free from the burden of sin and eternal Hell.

And taking up our cross is not a burden to carry alone.

Simon of Cyrene carried the cross of Jesus. As we carry our cross we have Jesus to help us to deny self for His purpose. For His glory.

🌹Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
Luke 14:27 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.14.27.NASB1995

And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
Matthew 10:38 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.10.38.NASB1995

Are you carrying the cross of self denial?

Portrait #1 Christ in You
Portrait #2 Walk in Him
Portrait #3 Take Up Your Cross-Self Denial

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

¹ https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.9.23-24.NASB1995

² https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.16.24-25.NASB1995

³ https://bible.com/bible/100/mrk.8.34-35.NASB1995

Sacrifice of Thanksgiving

Nov21

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving
Psalms 50:14a NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.50.14.NASB1995

I will praise the name of God with song
And magnify Him with thanksgiving.
Psalms 69:30 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.69.30.NASB1995

🌹Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name.
Hebrews 13:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.13.15.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Why Mercy

Sep22

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Luke 6:36 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.6.36.NASB1995

Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
Ephesians 4:32 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.4.32.NASB1995

“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 7:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.7.12.NASB1995

🌹and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.
Ephesians 5:2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.5.2.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Thanks & Praise

Aug1

Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name.
1 Chronicles 29:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1ch.29.13.NASB1995

When was the last time you thanked God? Praised His name? On Sunday? Or is it an everyday occurrence?

What a wonderful gift to give to our Lord, to acknowledge His blessings as they happen with thankfulness and praise. I have found that the more I thank God the more I see things to be thankful for and that is worth praising Him.

🌹Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name.
Hebrews 13:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.13.15.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Obedience is Greater

Mar25

One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He (Jesus) had answered them well, asked Him, “What commandment is the foremost of all?”
Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;

and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

The scribe said to Him, “Right, Teacher; You have truly stated that He is One, and there is no one else besides Him; and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as himself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Mark 12:28-33 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mrk.12.28-34.NASB1995

Obedience to God’s commandments is greater than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.

🌹. . . “Has the Lord as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.
1 Samuel 15:22 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1sa.15.22.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

New Year Resolutions

Dec30

Through Him (Jesus) then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Hebrews 13:15-16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.13.15-16.NASB1995

What wonderful New Year’s resolutions to strive for in 2025.

Continual praise to God.
Lips that express thankfulness to God
Being obedient
Sharing – your time, yourself, your blessings, and especially the gospel,
sacrificially, through Jesus, to please God!

Continually Seeking Him,

🌹Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Thanksgiving Sacrifice

Nov4

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving . . .
Psalms 50:14a NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.50.14.NASB1995

What is the sacrifice we can offer to God?

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable (well pleasing) to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
Romans 12:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.12.1.NASB1995

Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name.
Hebrews 13:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.13.15.NASB1995

He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God.”
Psalms 50:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.50.23.NASB1995

🌹From You comes my praise in the great assembly;
Psalms 22:25a NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.22.25.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Sacrificial Surrender

Jul30

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.
Matthew 16:24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.16.24.NASB1995

What did Jesus do on the cross?
He gave His life (surrendered, sacrificed) for you and me.

What does it mean to take up my cross and follow Jesus?
To deny (sacrifice) myself for His purpose and glory.
To surrender my way for God’s way.
To surrender my truth for God’s truth.
To surrender my life to God so He lives through me.

In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.
John 14:20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.14.20.NASB1995

🌹Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
John 14:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.14.6.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org