OCTOBER
12TH
TEXT: Romans 12:1-3King James Version (KJV)
12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
TEXT: Romans 12:1-3King James Version (KJV)
12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Some people go after pleasures, others want to take a break from God, but in 2015, the glory and rest we speak of will only become a reality for you if Christ is involved in every aspect of your life.
Some of us have without wisdom decided to go after fleshy pleasures and have raised this above our hunger for God. If you cannot delay fleshy gratification, you will delay or even destroy your destiny. When you go after the flesh instead of that which is eternal you limit yourself to the effort of man. You must understand that following God requires all of you, it cannot be some of you or almost all of you. You either for God or not.
If you want to make it in 2015, you must make up your mind to serve Him with everything. We must all learn to make the right choices by delaying or denying our body of fleshy gratification. Speak to your flesh and command it to obey God. Learn to continually say “no” to the devil and yes to God.
If you cannot discipline your flesh, then something will certainly go wrong. Some people fall into sexual sin because they could not delay sexual gratification (Heb. 13:4).
Your determination to be consistently righteous is key to you succeeding in 2015. The devil comes to tempt you at the peak of your spirituality, so do not make the mistake to become proud at any spiritual feat. Learn to humble yourself under God’s mighty hand and in due season He will exalt you.
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