30 Bible Verses about Being Devoted to God
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Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the LORD our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day."
and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
But you say, 'If anyone tells his father or his mother, "What you would have gained from me is given to God,"
Now set your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built for the name of the LORD."
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
Therefore I have lent him to the LORD. As long as he lives, he is lent to the LORD."And he worshiped the LORD there.
"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.
Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
Now I urge you, brothers--you know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints--
"Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the LORD alone, shall be devoted to destruction.
Their end is destruction, their god is their 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.'"
I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a slave of Christ.
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban"' (that is, given to God)--
Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.
God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars."
so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: 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 would 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, in the new world,when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone 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 will inherit eternal life.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our spirit
For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our bodies
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, 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 at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.
For 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
Only fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Loving God
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
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
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our substance
"You shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce;
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.
So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our redemption
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Walking worthy of God
we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The call of God
we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner 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."
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 accomplish his work.
I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave 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, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. read more.
But you know Timothy'sproven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Abounding
Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that 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 might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The death of Christ
and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Epaphroditus
for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Paul
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Want of, condemned
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » God, Goodness of
Only fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our preservation
even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The mercies of God
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, 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
All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Bearing the cross
And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he 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 calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he 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
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Joanna, &c
and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, 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, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Decision » Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Joshua
And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."