30 Bible Verses about Being Devoted to God
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May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing."
and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.
Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.
Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.
I am saying this for your benefit, not to place a limitation on you, but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the Lord.
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
But you say, 'If someone tells his father or mother, "Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,"
Now seek the Lord your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! Get up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God! Then you can bring the ark of the Lord's covenant and the holy items dedicated to God's service into the temple that is built to honor the Lord."
A psalm of praise, by David. I will extol you, my God, O king! I will praise your name continually!
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him.
Now I dedicate him to the Lord. From this time on he is dedicated to the Lord." Then they worshiped the Lord there.
Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.
"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!
Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.
Now, brothers and sisters, you know about the household of Stephanus, that as the first converts of Achaia, they devoted themselves to ministry for the saints. I urge you
Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.
Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"
I constantly trust in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.
For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord's freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ's slave.
For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.
When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been.
But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, 'Whatever help you would have received from me is corban' (that is, a gift for God),
Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.
God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Certainly the Lord watches the whole earth carefully and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.
so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects -- bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died.
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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 the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth: In the age when all things are renewed, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our spirit
Now it was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to those who are now dead, so that though they were judged in the flesh by human standards they may live spiritually by God's standards.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our bodies
Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice -- alive, holy, and pleasing to God -- which is your reasonable service.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » In life and death
My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.
If we live, we live for the Lord; if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Serving God
However, fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!
Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Loving God
You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.
The expert answered, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself."
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our members
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires, and do not present your members to sin as instruments to be used for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments to be used for righteousness.
in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our substance
"Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Unreserved
"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our redemption
Or 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 were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Walking worthy of God
exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The call of God
exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Persevering
Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."
that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, may serve him without fear,
Being Devoted to God » Christ, an example of
Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Doing all to God's glory
So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Timothy
Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be encouraged by hearing news about you. For there is no one here like him who will readily demonstrate his deep concern for you. Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ. read more.
But you know his qualifications, that like a son working with his father, he served with me in advancing the gospel.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Abounding
Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Living to Christ
And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The death of Christ
And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Epaphroditus
since it was because of the work of Christ that he almost died. He risked his life so that he could make up for your inability to serve me.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Paul
For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Want of, condemned
So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of my mouth!
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » God, Goodness of
However, fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our preservation
Even when you are old, I will take care of you, even when you have gray hair, I will carry you. I made you and I will support you; I will carry you and rescue you.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The mercies of God
Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice -- alive, holy, and pleasing to God -- which is your reasonable service.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our creation
All the nations, whom you created, will come and worship you, O Lord. They will honor your name.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Bearing the cross
Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Self-denial
Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Being Devoted to God » A characteristic of saints
I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Joanna, &c
and Joanna the wife of Cuza (Herod's household manager), Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their own resources.
the Burnt offering » Illustrative of » Being Devoted to God
Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice -- alive, holy, and pleasing to God -- which is your reasonable service.
Decision » Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Joshua
If you have no desire to worship the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the Lord!"
