15 Bible Verses about The Surrendered life
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Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.
If we live by the Spirit, let us also behave in accordance with the Spirit.
May the Lord protect him and save his life! May he be blessed in the land! Do not turn him over to his enemies!
Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father."
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.
Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all -- how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things?
Do you not know that if you present yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness?
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
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The Surrendered life » Of Christ to his mission for further treatment of this subject » Dead to sin
Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.
The Surrendered life » Of Christ to his mission for further treatment of this subject » Dying with Christ
We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?
As it is written, "For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered."
For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body.
The Surrendered life » Consecration » Examples of personal
and Amasiah son of Zikri, who volunteered to serve the Lord, led 200,000 skilled warriors.
He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death -- even death on a cross!
"When the leaders took the lead in Israel, When the people answered the call to war -- Praise the Lord!
The Surrendered life » Consecration » Of persons to special religious work
and wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and put headbands on them, and so the ministry of priesthood will belong to them by a perpetual ordinance. Thus you are to consecrate Aaron and his sons.
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests.
He then poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to consecrate him.
He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, just as the Lord commanded, by the authority of Moses.
The Surrendered life » Consecration » A call to personal
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.
Moses said, "You have been consecrated today for the Lord, for each of you was against his son or against his brother, so he has given a blessing to you today."
for gold and silver items, and for all the work of the craftsmen. Who else wants to contribute to the Lord today?"
So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » David
Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The Lord's word which you have announced is appropriate." Then he added, "At least there will be peace and stability during my lifetime."
But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Am I able to bring him back? I will go to him, but he cannot return to me!'"
However, if he should say, 'I do not take pleasure in you,' then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate."
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Paul the apostle
Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ. More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things -- indeed, I regard them as dung! -- that I may gain Christ,
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Tends to spiritual knowledge
If anyone wants to do God's will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.
Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God -- what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Judah under king asa
All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the Lord and he responded to them. He made them secure on every side.
Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies, but I observe your precepts with all my heart.
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Whole-hearted required
not like those who do their work only when someone is watching -- as people-pleasers -- but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.
equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Josiah and his subjects
The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, by carrying out the terms of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant.
No king before or after repented before the Lord as he did, with his whole heart, soul, and being in accordance with the whole law of Moses.
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Prayer essential to
Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Christ the perfect example of
I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.
He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done."
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » The rule of every-day life
And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains forever.
You ought to say instead, "If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that."
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Christ
He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."
But Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back into its sheath! Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?"
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Establishes a divine relationship
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Eli
So Samuel told him everything. He did not hold back anything from him. Eli said, "The Lord will do what he pleases."
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Caleb and joshua
except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the Lord wholeheartedly.'
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Elisha
He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, "Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you." Elijah said to him, "Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?"
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Noah
And Noah did all that God commanded him -- he did indeed.
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » The result of inward law
I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts."
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Paul's friends
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Isaiah
I heard the voice of the sovereign master say, "Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?" I answered, "Here I am, send me!"
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » David
I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts."
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Christ
Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Job
He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!"
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Paul
But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do."