Sue J Love
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“Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans 12:1-2 NASB1995)
As those of us who profess faith in Jesus Christ, we should be those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, and whose will is to do the will of God. We should long for our Lord and for his word and for our times of fellowship with him, to hear from him from his word, and for him to show us the way in which he would have us to go, for us to do what is pleasing to him. Obedience to his commands is not something we should try to avoid, but something we should pursue to put into daily practice, in the power of God.
We should desire our Lord and his will above all else in this life. And so we should surrender our hearts, minds, and actions over to the Lord, and give him our lives as living sacrifices to him, holy and pleasing to him. We should ask him to direct our steps, and to give us wisdom in making the right kinds of decisions, and to guide us in all truth and righteousness. Therefore we must leave our lives of sin behind us, and our lives must now be committed to obeying our Lord and to doing what he has for us to do in this life.
And this is what worship of God should look like. Singing songs and raising our hands and swaying to “worship” songs, in and of itself, is not worship of God. It is only worship of God if it is preceded by and accompanied by us denying self, dying to sin, and following our Lord in obedience to his commands. For if our lives are not surrendered to our Lord, to doing his will and purpose for our lives, but if we are still living for the sinful pleasures of the flesh, then singing worship songs does not equal biblical worship of God.
For we are no longer to be conformed to the ways of this sinful world. And here we should pray and ask the Lord to guide us and direct us in this in showing us in which ways we are still attached to the world and to worldly ways so that we may cease in any areas where we need to withdraw from worldliness in order to commit our lives fully to our Lord and to his service. And if we are sincere, he will point out those areas, and then we need to listen to his counsel and obey him, and change our ways.
For, by faith in Jesus Christ, we are called of God to come out from the world, not to leave this world, for we are called to go out into the world with the gospel, but to not partake of worldly and sinful ways. And, instead, we are to be transformed of God, by faith in Jesus Christ, by the renewing (changing) of our minds away from worldly and ungodly ways to now living for the Lord in walks of holiness and in obedience to his commands. For this is the will of God for our lives, that we should now live to please him.
For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
As the Deer
By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1
As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You
You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You
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The Will of God
An Original Work / October 29, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
As those of us who profess faith in Jesus Christ, we should be those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, and whose will is to do the will of God. We should long for our Lord and for his word and for our times of fellowship with him, to hear from him from his word, and for him to show us the way in which he would have us to go, for us to do what is pleasing to him. Obedience to his commands is not something we should try to avoid, but something we should pursue to put into daily practice, in the power of God.
We should desire our Lord and his will above all else in this life. And so we should surrender our hearts, minds, and actions over to the Lord, and give him our lives as living sacrifices to him, holy and pleasing to him. We should ask him to direct our steps, and to give us wisdom in making the right kinds of decisions, and to guide us in all truth and righteousness. Therefore we must leave our lives of sin behind us, and our lives must now be committed to obeying our Lord and to doing what he has for us to do in this life.
And this is what worship of God should look like. Singing songs and raising our hands and swaying to “worship” songs, in and of itself, is not worship of God. It is only worship of God if it is preceded by and accompanied by us denying self, dying to sin, and following our Lord in obedience to his commands. For if our lives are not surrendered to our Lord, to doing his will and purpose for our lives, but if we are still living for the sinful pleasures of the flesh, then singing worship songs does not equal biblical worship of God.
For we are no longer to be conformed to the ways of this sinful world. And here we should pray and ask the Lord to guide us and direct us in this in showing us in which ways we are still attached to the world and to worldly ways so that we may cease in any areas where we need to withdraw from worldliness in order to commit our lives fully to our Lord and to his service. And if we are sincere, he will point out those areas, and then we need to listen to his counsel and obey him, and change our ways.
For, by faith in Jesus Christ, we are called of God to come out from the world, not to leave this world, for we are called to go out into the world with the gospel, but to not partake of worldly and sinful ways. And, instead, we are to be transformed of God, by faith in Jesus Christ, by the renewing (changing) of our minds away from worldly and ungodly ways to now living for the Lord in walks of holiness and in obedience to his commands. For this is the will of God for our lives, that we should now live to please him.
For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
As the Deer
By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1
As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You
You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You
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The Will of God
An Original Work / October 29, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
