Tag Archive | sacrifice

A Living & Holy Sacrifice

Apr13

Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1co.3.16.NASB1995

What a glorious gift we have living inside of us. We, as believers, are a temple where God dwells. 1 Chronicles 29:1 says “The temple is not for man, but for the Lord God.”

. . . For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk among them; And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
2 Corinthians 6:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.6.16.NASB1995

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
1 Corinthians 6:19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1co.6.19.NASB1995

We belong to God. How are we caring for this temple, our bodies? Are we feeding it daily with the Word of God? Are we exercising His will by walking in His way, truth and life? Are we seeking His face continually. Are we spending time talking to/with Him?

Do you belong to God?

However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.
Romans 8:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.9.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.
Romans 12:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.12.1.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Christian Living

Apr9

For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;
Romans 14:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.14.7.NASB1995

and He (Jesus) died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.
2 Corinthians 5:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.5.15.NASB1995

Jesus sacrificed His life for us, Christian. Have we sacrificed our life for God’s purpose? Have we sacrificed our will for His will? Have we sacrificed our way to follow His way?

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Galatians 2:20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.2.20.NASB1995

🙏Lord God, I surrender my life to You for Your purpose. Your will. Your way. Help me to walk in Your Light that others may also submit to You for their salvation and the salvation of others. In the glorious name of Jesus I pray, amen.

🌹Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Broken and Contrite

Apr7

¹(Blood) Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired;
Psalms 40:6a NASB1995

²For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it;
Psalms 51:16a NASB1995

¹My ears You have opened;
Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.
Psalms 40:6b,c NASB1995

²You are not pleased with burnt offering.
Psalms 51:16b NASB1995

🌹²The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Psalms 51:17 NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

¹https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.40.6.NASB1995

²https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.51.16-17.NASB1995

Prayer of A Surrendered Heart

Mar27

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise. For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Psalms 51:15-17 MEV
https://bible.com/bible/1171/psa.51.15-17.MEV

🌹O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
Psalm 51:15 MEV
https://bible.com/bible/1171/psa.51.15.MEV

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

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