30 Bible Verses about Being Devoted to God
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and your heart hath been perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in His statutes, and to keep His commands, as at this day.'
The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.
in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;
In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving;
And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,
Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,
but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering is whatever thou mayest be profited by me; --
'Now, give your heart and your soul to seek to Jehovah your God, and rise and build the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, to the house that is built to the name of Jehovah.'
Praise by David. I exalt Thee, my God, O king, And bless Thy name to the age and for ever.
And ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God doth dwell in you; and if any one hath not the Spirit of Christ -- this one is not His;
and also I have caused him to be asked for Jehovah, all the days that he hath lived -- he is asked for Jehovah;' and he boweth himself there before Jehovah.
in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;
'None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.
Show me, O Jehovah, Thy way, I walk in Thy truth, My heart doth rejoice to fear Thy name.
in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;
And I entreat you, brethren, ye have known the household of Stephanas, that it is the first-fruit of Achaia, and to the ministration to the saints they did set themselves --
whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.
And Jesus answering him said, 'Get thee behind me, Adversary, for it hath been written, Thou shalt bow before the Lord thy God, and Him only thou shalt serve.'
I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because -- at my right hand I am not moved.
for he who is in the Lord -- having been called a servant -- is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:
for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge,
And it cometh to pass, at the time of the old age of Solomon, his wives have turned aside his heart after other gods, and his heart hath not been perfect with Jehovah his God, like the heart of David his father.
and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), is whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine,
with teachings manifold and strange be not carried about, for it is good that by grace the heart be confirmed, not with meats, in which they who were occupied were not profited;
faithful is God, through whom ye were called to the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
for Jehovah -- His eyes go to and fro in all the earth, to show Himself strong for a people whose heart is perfect towards Him; thou hast been foolish concerning this, because -- henceforth there are with thee wars.'
to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God,
for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died,
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Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Giving up all for Christ
Jesus said to him, 'If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'
And Jesus said to them, 'Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit -- ye also -- upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel; and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our spirit
for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
for for this also to dead men was good news proclaimed, that they may be judged, indeed, according to men in the flesh, and may live according to God in the spirit.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our bodies
for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice -- living, sanctified, acceptable to God -- your intelligent service;
Being Devoted to God » Should be » In life and death
according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,
for both, if we may live, to the Lord we live; if also we may die, to the Lord we die; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the Lord's;
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Serving God
only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you;
in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Loving God
and thou hast loved 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 out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our members
Let not then the sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires; neither present ye your members instruments of unrighteousness to the sin, but present yourselves to God as living out of the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God;
no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh;
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our substance
'Thy fulness and thy liquids thou dost not delay; the first-born of thy sons thou dost give to Me;
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Unreserved
'None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.
'So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our redemption
Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Walking worthy of God
for your walking worthily of God, who is calling you to His own reign and glory.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The call of God
for your walking worthily of God, who is calling you to His own reign and glory.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Persevering
and Jesus said unto him, 'No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'
To give to us, without fear, Out of the hand of our enemies having been delivered,
Being Devoted to God » Christ, an example of
Jesus saith to them, 'My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;
I did glorify Thee on the earth, the work I did finish that Thou hast given me, that I may do it.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Doing all to God's glory
Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Timothy
And I hope, in the Lord Jesus, Timotheus to send quickly to you, that I also may be of good spirit, having known the things concerning you, for I have no one like-minded, who sincerely for the things concerning you will care, for the whole seek their own things, not the things of the Christ Jesus, read more.
and the proof of him ye know, that as a child serveth a father, with me he did serve in regard to the good news;
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Abounding
As to the rest, then, brethren, we request you, and call upon you in the Lord Jesus, as ye did receive from us how it behoveth you to walk and to please God, that ye may abound the more,
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Living to Christ
and for all he died, that those living, no more to themselves may live, but to him who died for them, and was raised again.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The death of Christ
and for all he died, that those living, no more to themselves may live, but to him who died for them, and was raised again.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Epaphroditus
because on account of the work of the Christ he drew near to death, having hazarded the life that he might fill up your deficiency of service unto me.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Paul
for to me to live is Christ, and to die gain.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Want of, condemned
So -- because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to vomit thee out of my mouth;
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » God, Goodness of
only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you;
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our preservation
Even to old age I am He, and to grey hairs I carry, I made, and I bear, yea, I carry and deliver.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The mercies of God
I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice -- living, sanctified, acceptable to God -- your intelligent service;
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our creation
All nations that Thou hast made Come and bow themselves before Thee, O Lord, And give honour to Thy name.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Bearing the cross
And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, 'Whoever doth will to come after me -- let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Self-denial
And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, 'Whoever doth will to come after me -- let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;
Being Devoted to God » A characteristic of saints
The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Joanna, &c
and Joanna wife of Chuza, steward of Herod, and Susanna, and many others, who were ministering to him from their substance.
the Burnt offering » Illustrative of » Being Devoted to God
I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice -- living, sanctified, acceptable to God -- your intelligent service;
Decision » Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Joshua
and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah -- choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; -- whether the gods whom your fathers served, which are beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house -- we serve Jehovah.'