Dear God,
:-) I'm actually not doing this at midnight! Yay!
Lord, I give myself as a living sacrifice today. After this I am getting ready as fast as I can so that I can be ready for whatever you have for me today. Whatever I have to do at work today Lord, I do it for you, not just the customer or manager who told me I needed to do it. Today, I am a servant of all. I know I'm not perfect, I will make mistakes today. I know that I think I'm awesome when I'm really not. But I know you have equipped me with whatever needs to be done today. God, I want to use my gifts in a way that benefits others and glorifies you. Please help me learn how that all works!
God, this next part I think is a tough one for me. I don't love people enough. I do my best to look like I love them, but sometimes my thoughts are far from loving. Especially when I'm trying to close :-) Give me love for them. By myself, I would never be able to do anything. But with you, I can be the love guru. I don't know where that came from... haha. God, give me the time and motivation to memorize this chapter. I really want to be able to spout this off, because it's a great chapter. Thank you for your living, breathing, speaking Word. Please help me listen to it more today.
Love,
ME
Romans 12
Of course the first two verses of this are awesome. And yet I forget to live them sometimes. I am a living sacrifice. I need to worship him by giving myself every day. Do I do that often? NO. I need to stay away from what the world is doing and let God transform me into a new person who does not think some of that stuff is cool. I never really realized that verse two was a "know God's will verse." Or I forgot. But if I do that--if I don't conform to the world and I let God renew my mind, I will know what God's will is because my new mind will think like He thinks... to an extent. We just learned yesterday that I can't really comprehend His thoughts, but that's ok. That's what makes You AWESOME.
Verse 3 burn. I don't do this either. Really being honest about who I am and where I am in the walk? Nope. I think I'm better than I really am. Now I know that and now I'll work on that.
Ahh gifts. serving others... serve them well... teaching others... teach well... encouraging others, do it... Giving to others... give generously... take any leadership roles seriously...
Don't just pretend to love others. Really love them. HATE what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. LOVE each other with GENUINE affection, and take DELIGHT in honoring each other. Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically!! Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on PRAYING. When God's people are in need, be ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality.
Great section. No really, that is a fabulous section to keep on the wall, gimme a sec... ok now it's on my wall.
I'm wondering if I should just memorize all of Romans 12. Do that instead of James today :-P
because there are a lot of great practical things, but the first two verses tell you why you should do all those things.
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