30 Bible Verses about Being Devoted to God
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Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
and is divided.'so also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given to God ;
Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Jehovah your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Jehovah.
But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
therefore also I have granted him to Jehovah; as long as he liveth he is granted to Jehovah. And he worshipped Jehovah there.
rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;
No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
Now I beseech you, brethren (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to minister unto the saints),
whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord's freedman: likewise he that was called being free, is Christ's bondservant.
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.
but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God ;
Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited.
God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;
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Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Giving up all for Christ
Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our spirit
For unto this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our bodies
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » In life and death
according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always,'so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Serving God
Only fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he hath done for you.
in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Loving God
and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our members
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof: neither present your members unto sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our substance
Thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Unreserved
No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our redemption
Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Walking worthy of God
to the end that ye should walk worthily of God, who calleth you into his own kingdom and glory.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The call of God
to the end that ye should walk worthily of God, who calleth you into his own kingdom and glory.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Persevering
But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear,
Being Devoted to God » Christ, an example of
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Doing all to God's glory
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Timothy
But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state. For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. read more.
But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child'serveth a father,'so he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Abounding
Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk, --that ye abound more and more.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Living to Christ
and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The death of Christ
and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Epaphroditus
because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Paul
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Want of, condemned
So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » God, Goodness of
Only fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he hath done for you.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our preservation
and even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I carry you ; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The mercies of God
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our creation
All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; And they shall glorify thy name.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Bearing the cross
And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Self-denial
And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Being Devoted to God » A characteristic of saints
I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Joanna, &c
and Joanna the wife of Chuzas Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered unto them of their substance.
the Burnt offering » Illustrative of » Being Devoted to God
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
Decision » Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Joshua
And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.