Offer Your Bodies as a Living Sacrifice

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. — Romans 12:1 

Happy hallow's eve.

Sunday we made pumpkin succulents, and they turned out beautiful.

Tonight we'll had out candy to the neighborhood kids.

And we'll celebrate with a potluck and constume contest at work.

But everyday we celebrate God's mercy.

Worshiping Him with our actions, words, and spirit.

We Live By Faith

So always be cheerful. As long as we are in these bodies, we are away from the Lord. But we
live by faith, not by what we see.  — 2 Corinthians 5:6-7 

We live by faith.

Another Bible version says, "It's what we trust in but don't yet see that keeps us going

So God commands us to always be cheerful.

To live by faith instead of living by those things we see.

And to remember that one day we'll be with God in heaven.

Until then, we are sojourners on a path toward following Him.

Bought At a Price

You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. — 1 Corinthians 6:20 

I am not my own, as much I think I would like to be.

I was bought at a price.

Jesus purchased my salvation with His blood.

Sacrificing himself for me.

God asks me to honor Him with my body.

And with my heart, soul, and mind.

My creator, redeemer, counselor and Savior.

Here we are visiting Monet's home and gardens.

Beautiful!

Our Citizenship Is in Heaven

But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. — Philippians 3:20-21

It is now officially autumn.

And we eagerly await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

He will transform our lowly bodies.

When we die and come alive again, our bodies will be like His glorious body.

We rejoice in all that Jesus did for us in dying on the cross and coming alive again.

We give him all the glory and honor and praise.

 

Living Sacrifice

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. — Romans 12:1

God has been merciful to us.

He asks me to offer myself as a living sacrifice to Him.

Giving myself back to Him each day, doing His will, following His way.

This is the kind of worship He asks of me.

To give Him my life and my heart and mind.

To be a living sacrifice, doing things that are pleasing to Him.

Living a life that is holy and that glorifies His name.

Draw Near to God

Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. — Hebrews 10:22

Our hearts have been sprinkled with water from baptism by the Holy Spirit..

Our bodies have been washed with pure water from baptism to cleanse us from our guilty conscience.

So we are able to draw near to God with a sincere heart.

He has given us the full assurance that faith brings.

Here is Kirk out a Torrey Pines before social distancing began. 

This week he is taking golf lessons, preparing to hit the green again this summer.