June 19, 2022
A Consecrated Life is Your BEST LIFE
Romans 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. New International Version
Consecration BEGINS with TRUST
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. New International Version
Psalm 112:7 They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the LORD. 8 Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear; in the end they will look in triumph on their foes. New International Version
Psalm 37:5 Entrust your ways to the Lord. Trust him, and he will act on your behalf. God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 26:3 He will keep in perfect peace all those who trust in him, whose thoughts turn often to the Lord! Living Bible
Consecration is MOTIVATED by LOVE
1 John 4:19 So you see, our love for him comes as a result of his loving us first. Living Bible
Romans 8:37 but despite all this, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ who loved us enough to die for us. Living Bible
Romans 8:38 For I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can’t, and life can’t. The angels won’t, and all the powers of hell itself cannot keep God’s love away.Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, Living Bible
Romans 8:39 or where we are—high above the sky, or in the deepest ocean—nothing will ever be able to separate us from the love of God demonstrated by our Lord Jesus Christ when he died for us. Living Bible
Consecration RESULTS in SUBMISSION
Acts 13:22 But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’ New Living Translation
Matthew 26:38 Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” 39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” New International Version
1 Peter 4:1 So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you have finished with sin. 2 You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God. New Living Translation