Posts Tagged ‘ Sacrificial ’
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Mark 10:45, CSB
Christ is our example of love, serving others sacrificially to bring them into a saving relationship with God.
So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
John 13:14, CSB
God is in us by the Holy Spirit, empowering us to love and serve like Jesus did: sacrificially and humbly, with a boldness from God.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.
Romans 12:1, CSB
God has come to us, sacrificing Himself for our forgiveness, so we ought to give our lives to serve Him and share this good news.
No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13, CSB
Christ has freed us, and He has freed us from sin by His own blood and from the terror of God by calling us friends.
So he got up from supper, laid aside his outer clothing, took a towel, and tied it around himself. Next, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel tied around him.
John 13:4-5, CSB
Christ has freed us, including from focusing on ourselves so that we can love others better, to love like Jesus loves us.
Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.
1 John 4:11, CSB
Jesus is our life and power, and His love flows through us by the Holy Spirit to live sacrificially towards each other.
Don’t neglect to do what is good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.
Hebrews 13:16, CSB
Let us help each other through life, guiding each other to the good works of Christ and fellowship with Him and each other in every area of life.
Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
3 John 1:11, CSB
God fights for us, and He calls us into the fight to spread His goodness and love, sacrificing ourselves as our Lord did for us that others may see His goodness.
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
1 John 3:16, ESV
God has given us peace through Christ by revealing His love through the cross, and we share that peace and love by doing the same in His name for others to see His love and find that peace.
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Romans 12:1, ESV
God has said He will be with us, and we invite this relationship when we repent of our sins and love as He has called us. Wonderfully, He is in us helping us along the way.
a simple man of God 