15 Bible Verses about The Surrendered life
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The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it."
I no longer live, but the Messiah lives in me, and the life that I am now living in this body I live by the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Even if I give away everything that I have and sacrifice myself, but have no love, I gain nothing.
Since we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also be guided.
The LORD will protect him and keep him alive; he will be blessed in the land; and he will not be handed over to the desires of his enemies.
Then the end will come, when after he has done away with every ruler and every authority and power, the Messiah hands over the kingdom to God the Father.
"I'm the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
I am speaking in simple terms because of the frailty of your human nature. Just as you once offered the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater disobedience, so now, in the same way, you must offer the parts of your body as slaves to righteousness that leads to sanctification.
Live lovingly, just as the Messiah also loved us and gave himself for us as an offering and sacrifice, a fragrant aroma to God.
No one is taking it from me; 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 is what my Father has commanded me."
Stop offering the parts of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness. Instead, offer yourselves to God as people who have been brought from death to life and the parts of your body as instruments of righteousness to God.
The one who did not spare his own Son, but offered him as a sacrifice for all of us, surely will give us all things, along with his Son, won't he?
Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
because 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 the Messiah Jesus have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires.
I no longer live, but the Messiah lives in me, and the life that I am now living in this body I live by the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
If you have died with the Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world?
"He himself bore our sins" in his body on the tree, so that we might die to those sins and live righteously. "By his wounds you have been healed."
The Surrendered life » Of Christ to his mission for further treatment of this subject » Dying with Christ
We know that our old natures were crucified with him so that our sin-laden bodies might be rendered powerless and we might no longer be slaves to sin.
I no longer live, but the Messiah lives in me, and the life that I am now living in this body I live by the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
If you have died with the Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world?
As it is written, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long. We are thought of as sheep headed for slaughter."
While we are alive, we are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be clearly shown in our mortal bodies.
The Surrendered life » Consecration » Examples of personal
and next to him was Zichri's son Amasiah, who had volunteered to serve the LORD. He commanded 200,000 elite forces.
"When hair grows long in Israel, when the people give themselves willingly, bless the LORD!
Then I said, "Here I am! I have come! In the scroll of the book it is written about me.
The Surrendered life » Consecration » Of persons to special religious work
You are to gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and tie headdresses on them. The priesthood is to belong to them by perpetual ordinance, and you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.
who were anointed priests and whom he consecrated as priests.
After doing this, he poured the oil of anointing on Aaron's head to anoint and consecrate him.
laid his hands on him, and charged him, just as the LORD had commanded, using Moses' authority.
The Surrendered life » Consecration » A call to personal
I therefore urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercies, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices that are holy and pleasing to God, for this is the reasonable way for you to worship.
Moses said, "You have been ordained to serve the LORD today, and you have brought a blessing on yourselves today because every man opposed his son or brother."
and for all the work to be undertaken by skilled artists, gold for what is to be made of gold, and silver for what is to be made of silver. Who then, will be dedicating the productivity of his own work to the LORD today?"
Therefore, if anyone stops associating with these people, he will become a special utensil, set apart for the owner's use, prepared for every good action.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » David
At this, Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, "What you've spoken from the LORD is good," because he had been thinking, "Why not, as long as there's peace and security in my lifetime"?"
But now that he has died, what's the point of fasting? Can I bring him back again? I'll be going to be with him, but he won't be returning to me."
But if he should say something like "I'm not pleased with you,' well then, here I am let him do to me whatever seems right to him."
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Paul the apostle
May the God of peace himself make you holy in every way. And may your whole being spirit, soul, and body remain blameless when our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, appears.
But whatever things were assets to me, these I now consider a loss for the sake of the Messiah. What is more, I continue to consider all these things to be a loss for the sake of what is far more valuable, knowing the Messiah Jesus, my Lord. It is because of him that I have experienced the loss of all those things. Indeed, I consider them rubbish in order to gain the Messiah
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Tends to spiritual knowledge
When he could not be persuaded otherwise, we remained silent except to say, "May the Lord's will be done."
If anyone wants to do his will, he'll know whether this teaching is from God or whether I'm speaking on my own.
Do not be conformed to this world, but continuously be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you may be able to determine what God's will is what is proper, pleasing, and perfect.
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Judah under king asa
Everybody in Judah was very glad to make their oath, because they had made their vow with all their heart and had sought him with all of their might, and they found him! The LORD also gave them rest in their surrounding lands.
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Whole-hearted required
Do not do this only while you're being watched in order to please them, but be like slaves of the Messiah, who are determined to obey God's will.
equip you with everything good to do his will, accomplishing in us what pleases him through Jesus, the Messiah. To him be glory forever and ever! Amen.
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Josiah and his subjects
The king stood beside a pillar and made a covenant in the presence of the LORD: to follow after the LORD, to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes with all of his heart and soul, and to carry out what was written in the covenant contained in the book. All the people consented to enter into the covenant.
There had been no king like him before him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his strength, in obeying everything in the Law of Moses. No king arose like Josiah after him.
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Prayer essential to
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Christ the perfect example of
I can do nothing on my own accord. I judge according to what I hear, 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 go away unless I drink it, let your will be done."
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » The rule of every-day life
And the world and its desires are fading away, but the person who does God's will remains forever.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Christ
He kept repeating, "Abba! Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I want but what you want."
Jesus told Peter, "Put your sword back into its sheath. Shouldn't I drink the cup that the Father has given me?"
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Establishes a divine relationship
because 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 conceal anything from him. Eli said, "He is the LORD. May he do what seems good to him."
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Caleb and joshua
except Jephunneh's son Caleb, the Kenizzite, and Nun's son Joshua. They've wholeheartedly followed the LORD.'
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Elisha
He abandoned the oxen, ran off to follow Elijah, and asked him, "Please, let me kiss my mother and father good-bye, and then I'll come after you." "Go back again," Elijah replied. "What have I done to you?"
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Noah
Noah did all of this, precisely as God had commanded.
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » The result of inward law
I delight to do your will, my God. Your Law is part of my inner being."
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Paul's friends
When he could not be persuaded otherwise, we remained silent except to say, "May the Lord's will be done."
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Isaiah
Then I heard the voice of the LORD as he was asking, "Whom will I send? Who will go for us?" "Here I am!" I replied. "Send me."
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » David
I delight to do your will, my God. Your Law is part of my inner being."
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Christ
Jesus told them, "My food is doing the will of the one who sent me and completing his work.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Job
and exclaimed: "I left my mother's womb naked, and I will return to God naked. The LORD has given, and the LORD has taken. May the name of the LORD be blessed."
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Paul
The voice said, "I'm Jesus, whom you are persecuting. Now get up, go into the city, and you will be told what you are to do."