#GOFAMINTDailyDevotion Mon. 8/8/2016

14/8/2016   LESSON   11

PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN LIVING (PART 1)

Quarter’s Theme: BASIC CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES

Unit 3 – Israel And Believers’ Benefits From The Book Of Romans (Lessons 10-12)

Suggested Hymns: G.H.B. 225, 236

Devotional Reading: COL. 3:1-15

Topic For Adults

GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR BODY

Topic For Youths

YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF GOD

Topic For Adults

BE TRANSFORMED COMPLETELY

Scripture Lesson

ROMANS 12:1 – 13:7

(STEWARDSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY MONTH)

MEMORY VERSE

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service

(Rom. 12: 1) NKJV

DAILY DEVOTIONAL READING

Mon. 8/8/2016

Called To Be Living Sacrifices

Rom. 12:1-2

Jesus Christ died on the cross to reconcile us with God. He wants us to live to glorify His name. We cannot effectively do this without surrendering our lives to Him. Just as one does not hold on to a ram which one has given up for sacrifice, so Christ does not expect us to still be fully in control of our lives while we treat Him as a guest. He must have all of our lives or none of it. The world and our sinful desires will still want to influence how we think, talk and behave. Our friends and the society at large will want to control our ways of life, to panel beat us to the shape they expect us to take. We cannot afford to live one leg in the world and the other leg in Christ. The Christian’s mind, which is the battle ground, is where God wants to begin the work, by transforming the mind. It is only when we are thus transformed that we can prove that God’s will for us is the perfect one.

Point of Emphasis:   Do not surrender your mind to the pattern and influence of the world around you.

Prayer Point:            Holy Spirit, I submit to You. Transform my mind that my life may bring glory to God.