Romans 12:1
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.
“Living Sacrifices”! That’s intense. We Are to “offer our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God.” Wait-wait, it gets better. “this is your true and proper worship.” When we offer our bodies we present, extend, submit or make available ourselves to The Lord. "this is your true and proper worship". When Paul wrote this he clearly revealed to us our true and proper way to worship.
If I were to ask the general church-goers what the “true and proper” way to worship is, what would they say? They probably wouldn’t know what to say. Or they might talk about how worship is a time that we reserve during church services. Or maybe they say that it is when we sing songs in the church. But really right here we are told how to present Christ with our true and proper worship.
Too often we put worship into compartments. Well at this time we worship, oh and then we take a break for awhile. Then we get back to worship.
When we are a living sacrifice it is not a part time deal-it is a continual-constant way to worship God. So remember that worshiping God is not reserved for only inside the churches walls. It is a daily devotion to being a “living sacrifice".
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