"Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the ...
... and dedicate the entire day to ensuring we complete our tasks. With those of us who are married and blessed with children, the effort we put into pleasing our spouses and ensuring our children get the ...
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the ...
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We are all trying to do everything possible to be pleasing and right before God. And by so doing, we may offend others; we are merciless with others in our dealings and impatient with people who try ...
... verse 18 of the above epistle, we see how Paul described their help in his suffering: …they are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
That is to say that God is pleased when ...
... and owned by God, let us try answering some of these questions: What are we doing with our life today? Is our life and conduct pleasing our maker? How are we using our talents given by Jehovah?
Let ...
... those who would claim to be fully awake and fully alive, but theirs is a false vibrancy of life. What do I mean? Satan would have us believe that pleasing ourselves is the way to a full life. And we buy ...
... Thus love is the basis of obedience to God. It is the basis of pleasing God. No wonder the Lord Jesus answered the inquiring lawyer this way "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all our ...
"Out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and ...
... of life by the Spirit; holy and pleasing to God (Rom 12:1-2).
Therefore, it is not far-fetched that one requirement for becoming a Christian is to be crucified with Christ. This act is represented physically ...