20 Bible Verses about Being Devoted to God
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A wife and a virgin truly also differ: the unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but she having married cares for the things of the world, that she may please her husband.
not slothful in business; boiling over in spirit; serving the Lord;
Be constant in prayer, watching in the same with thanksgiving;
I speak this for the profit of you yourselves; not that I may cast a burden upon you, but for that which is pleasing and acceptable to the Lord without perturbation.
Therefore, as elect of God, holy and beloved, put on affections of mercy, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
But you say, Whosoever may say to father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever you may be profited by me; and he shall no longer honor his father or his mother.
But ye are not in depravity, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any one has not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.
rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
No one is able to serve two masters: for he will hate the one, and love the other; or cleave to the one, and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon.
kindly affectionate one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;
But I exhort you, brethren; (know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruit of Achaia, and they have set themselves to minister unto the saints),
whose end is destruction, whose God is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
And Jesus responding said to him; It has been written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and Him only shalt thou serve.
For the one having been called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lord's freeman: likewise the one having been called, while free, is the slave of Christ.
For I testify to them, that they have a zeal of God, but not according to perfect knowledge;
But you say, If a man may say to father or mother, Corban, that is a gift, whatsoever you may be profited by me;
Be not carried away with fantastical and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, in which those going round were not profited.
God is faithful, through whom you have been called unto the fellowship of His Son our Lord Jesus Christ.
that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all loyalty, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the perfect knowledge of God.
For the love of Christ constrains us; having judged this, that one died for all; then were all dead;
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Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Giving up all for Christ
Jesus said to him, If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
And Jesus said to them, Truly I say unto you, that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man may sit upon the throne of His glory, you shall also sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, on account of my name, shall receive a hundred-fold, and inherit eternal life.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our spirit
For, unto this the gospel was also preached to the dead, in order that they may indeed be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our bodies
I exhort you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, your reasonable service:
Being Devoted to God » Should be » In life and death
according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I shall be ashamed in nothing, but with all boldness, as always, even now Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
for if indeed we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Then indeed if we live, and if we die, we are the Lord's.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Serving God
not slothful in business; boiling over in spirit; serving the Lord;
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Loving God
And he responding said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with divine love from 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 you should obey the lusts of it: neither present your members arms of iniquity unto sin; but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members arms of righteousness unto God.
that he may no longer live the remaining time in carnality according to the lusts of men, but in the will of God.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our substance
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Unreserved
No one is able to serve two masters: for he will hate the one, and love the other; or cleave to the one, and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon.
Thus then every one of you who does not consecrate all his possessions, is not able to be my disciple.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our redemption
Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? and you are not your own; for you have been bought with a price: indeed glorify God in your body.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Walking worthy of God
and testifying, that you walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The call of God
and testifying, that you walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Persevering
And Jesus said to him, No one putting his hand to the plow, and looking back, is worthy of the kingdom of God.
to grant unto us, having been delivered out of the hand of our enemies, to serve Him without fear,
Being Devoted to God » Christ, an example of
Jesus says to them, My food is that I may do the will of Him that sent me, and finish His work.
I glorified thee upon the earth, having finished the work that thou hast given to me that I may do it.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Doing all to God's glory
Then whether you eat, or whether you drink, or what you do, do all things to the glory of God.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Timothy
But I hope in the Lord Jesus, speedily to send unto you Timothy, in order that I may also be delighted, having learned the things concerning you. For I have no one like-minded, who will nobly remember the things concerning you; for all are seeking after their own, and not the things of Jesus Christ. read more.
But you know his integrity, that, as a child a father, he served along with me in the gospel.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Abounding
Finally therefore, brethren, we pray you and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how it behooves you to walk about and to please God, as you do indeed walk about, in order that you may abound more and more.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Living to Christ
and he died for all, in order that those living may not live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and is risen.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The death of Christ
and he died for all, in order that those living may not live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and is risen.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Epaphroditus
because he was nigh unto death on account of the work of Christ, having jeoparded his life, in order that he might fulfill your deficiency of ministry towards me.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Paul
For Christ is my life, and death is my gain.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Want of, condemned
Thus because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spew you out of my mouth.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » God, Goodness of
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our preservation
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The mercies of God
I exhort you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, your reasonable service:
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our creation
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Bearing the cross
And calling the multitude to Him with His disciples, He said to them, Whosoever wishes to 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 calling the multitude to Him with His disciples, He said to them, Whosoever wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Being Devoted to God » A characteristic of saints
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Joanna, &c
and Joanna the wife of Chuzas the steward of Herod, and Susanna, and many other women, who were accustomed to minister unto Him from those things belonging to them.
the Burnt offering » Illustrative of » Being Devoted to God
I exhort you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, your reasonable service: