20 Bible Verses about Being Devoted to God
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and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman, and the virgin, is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is concerned about the affairs of the world, how she may please her husband.
This I say for your own benefit, not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is good and to secure undivided devotion to the Lord.
So, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;
But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might have received from me is a gift to God'
But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ he does not belong to him.
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 mammon.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; outdo one another in showing honor.
You know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brethren,
Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'"
For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord's freedman; likewise he who was free when called is Christ's slave.
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but it is not according to knowledge.
But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God),
Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.
God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
so that you will live a life worthy of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
For the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has 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 want to be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, at the renewal of all things, 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 every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our spirit
For this reason the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as men, they might live in the spirit according to the will of God.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our bodies
I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » In life and death
as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be ashamed in anything, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Serving God
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Loving God
And he answered, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind'; and 'your neighbor as yourself.'"
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our members
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you obey its passions. Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but yield yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.
so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human lusts, but for the will of God.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our substance
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 mammon.
So likewise, whoever of you does not give up all that he has cannot be my disciple.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our redemption
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Walking worthy of God
to live a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The call of God
to live a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and 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."
to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear,
Being Devoted to God » Christ, an example of
Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to finish his work.
I have glorified you on the earth, having finished the work which you have given me to do.
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 all to the glory of God.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Timothy
I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news of you. I have no one else like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus. read more.
But you know that he has proved his worth, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Abounding
Finally, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God, just as you are doing, you do so more and more.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Living to Christ
And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The death of Christ
And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Epaphroditus
because he almost died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was deficient in your service to me.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Paul
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Want of, condemned
So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spit 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 appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our creation
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Bearing the cross
And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone would 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 he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone would 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 Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their means.
the Burnt offering » Illustrative of » Being Devoted to God
I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.