29 Bible Verses about Being Devoted to God
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Then let your hearts be without sin before the Lord our God, walking in his laws and keeping his orders as at this day.
And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.
Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;
Give yourselves to prayer at all times, keeping watch with praise;
Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.
As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;
But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;
Now give your heart and soul to the worship of the Lord your God; and get to work on the building of the holy place of the Lord God, so that you may put the ark of the Lord's agreement and the holy vessels of God in the house which is to be made for the name of the Lord.
You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.
So I have given him to the Lord; for all his life he is the Lord's. Then he gave the Lord worship there.
Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,
No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.
Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;
Now I make my request to you, my brothers, for you have knowledge that the house of Stephanas is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have made themselves the servants of the saints,
Complete destruction will come on any man who makes offerings to any other god but the Lord.
Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.
And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only.
I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.
For he who was a servant when he became a Christian is the Lord's free man; and he who was free when he became a Christian is the Lord's servant.
For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge.
For it came about that when Solomon was old, his heart was turned away to other gods by his wives; and his heart was no longer true to the Lord his God as the heart of his father David had been.
But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,
Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.
God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.
Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;
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Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Giving up all for Christ
Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.
And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that in the time when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our spirit
For this was the reason why the good news of Jesus was given even to the dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but might be living before God in the spirit.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our bodies
For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » In life and death
In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.
As long as we have life we are living to the Lord; or if we give up our life it is to the Lord; so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Serving God
Only go in the fear of the Lord, and be his true servants with all your heart, keeping in mind what great things he has done for you.
Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Loving God
And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our members
For this cause do not let sin be ruling in your body which is under the power of death, so that you give way to its desires; And do not give your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrongdoing, but give yourselves to God, as those who are living from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.
So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our substance
Do not keep back your offerings from the wealth of your grain and your vines. The first of your sons you are to give to me.
Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Unreserved
No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our redemption
Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves; For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Walking worthy of God
So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The call of God
So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Persevering
But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.
That we, being made free from the fear of those who are against us, might give him worship,
Being Devoted to God » Christ, an example of
Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Doing all to God's glory
So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Timothy
But I am hoping in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be comforted when I have news of you. For I have no man of like mind who will truly have care for you. For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ. read more.
But his quality is clear to you; how, as a child is to its father, so he was a help to me in the work of the good news.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Abounding
And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Living to Christ
And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The death of Christ
And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Epaphroditus
Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Paul
For to me life is Christ and death is profit.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Want of, condemned
So because you are not one thing or the other, I will have no more to do with you.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » God, Goodness of
Only go in the fear of the Lord, and be his true servants with all your heart, keeping in mind what great things he has done for you.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our preservation
Even when you are old I will be the same, and when you are grey-haired I will take care of you: I will still be responsible for what I made; yes, I will take you and keep you safe.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The mercies of God
For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our creation
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Bearing the cross
And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Self-denial
And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.
Being Devoted to God » A characteristic of saints
I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Joanna, &c
And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's chief house-servant, and Susanna and a number of others, who gave him of their wealth for his needs.
the Burnt offering » Illustrative of » Being Devoted to God
For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.
Decision » Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Joshua
And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.
