Romans 12:1 says, "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God....this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is....His good, pleasing and perfect will."
Naturally, since we live here on this earth, we are surrounded by the things of this world each & every moment of every day. To be able to think as Christ thinks, rather than to think like the world, it is SO important to fill our minds daily with the Words of God. Reading & studying His Word helps us to be
faith-filled!
How we need to fill up each day with His promises in His Word! We need to continuously be reminded of His faithfulness to the generations past and keep our eyes on Him....not on the things of the world. He will sometimes bring us to a place in our life where we are emptied of everything so that we will look to Him, the author & perfecter of our faith.
He is our Heavenly Father & loves us more than we can imagine. He is a faithful God who cares about our every need. When we can't see that or we don't feel that, we need to live by faith...and that's the thing that pleases Him.
"Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him." Hebrews 11:6
"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for." Hebrews 11:1
May we be commended for doing the same.
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