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.
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.
Romans 12:1-2
KJV
So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you:
Take your everyday, ordinary life
– your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life –
and place it before God as an offering.
Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for Him.
Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit it without even thinking.
Instead, fix your attention on God.
You’ll be changed from the inside out.
Readily recognize what He wants from you, and quickly respond to it.
Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity,
God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
The Message
Thank You Lord, for a more restful sleep.
Thank You for the progress I made yesterday – the bookcases are more organized, the bedroom is coming together, and I’m writing on the blog once again.
Thank You that everyday You send me something, some indication, that You are with me – a scripture verse, a song, a card in the mail with just the right words.
Lord, You are my constant companion.
We are engaged in a continuous conversation.
Thank You for that.
Guide me this day.
Give me the words that You would have me speak.
Use me for Your glory.
Lord, show me the way forward on this journey I am now on.
I don’t need to know where I’ll be a year from now, but I do need You to direct my steps moment by moment.
My Song For Today
Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days; let them flow in endless praise.
Take my hands and let them move at the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet and let them be swift and beautiful for Thee.
Take my voice and let me sing always, only, for my King.
Take my lips and let them be filled with messages from Thee.
Take my silver and my gold; not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect and use every power as Thou shalt choose.
Take my will and make it Thine; it shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart it is Thine own; it shall be Thy royal throne.
Take my love; my Lord, I pour at Thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for Thee.\
-Frances Ridley Havergal
Lord, I pray for those who do not know You, those living life without hope.
Open their eyes, unstop their ears, break their stony hearts.
We see the results of lives lived without You.
Our world is a mess.
They run after every solution but You, not realizing the You are our only HOPE.
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