Living Sacrifices

Hi TDY, today we are into day 4 of our church consecration. I just want to say, "JIA YOU!!!" I believe that the Lord is going to do a mighty work in your lives even as you set time apart to spend it with Him.

As I begin to reflect on Galatians 5:19-21. I think many of us have such sins whether minor or major. Sins are sins, it is definitely not pleasing to the Lord. We may think that God is a gracious God, yes He is but He is also a God who can get jealous and a God who disciplines His children. He did give us a warning in v21, "... I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God." I think the Lord was already being gracious by warning us of the consequences to come if we live such lives.

Hence, I would like to encourage you guys to come before the Lord in surrender and in all humilty. Build an altar of worship today and surrender, pour out yourself, your fears, your doubts, your frustrations, all your sins, whatever your emotions may be... offer it to the Lord as "living sacrifices." As we do, God will bring light into our darkness, renew the confidence of His covenant with us, and assure us that His promise has not been forgotten and is certain to be fulfilled.

As a youth zone, let's unite our hearts together in prayer and make our hearts a sanctuary for God to live in.

Love, JJB