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Sacrifice Yourself to Serve
February 9

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
— Luke 6:39 NIV 

Do you know what Romans 12:1 means when it says that we are to offer ourselves as a living sacrifice? It means that we are to be alive with the power, zeal, and enthusiasm that any born-again person ought to have. It means we are to be excited about Jesus. We are to offer our mouths, our thoughts, our words, our attitudes, our bodies, our hands, and our feet to Him to use to continue His ministry.

This may mean that we do not get everything we want in life, but anything we give up for the sake of the gospel, Jesus has said we will receive back a hundred times in this lifetime (See Mark 10:29–30). Enjoy God’s blessings now. Offer yourself for service and watch the blessings return.
   

From the book Starting Your Day Right: Devotions for Each Morning of the Year by Joyce Meyer. Copyright © 2003 by Joyce Meyer. Published by FaithWords. All rights reserved.   
                                                      
                                                               

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