Place Your Life Before God

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so you may prove what the will of God is, which is good and acceptable and perfect." Romans 12:2

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"So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you." The Message Romans 12:1-2

Sweet Jesus, I have changed since I asked you to come into my life. I asked for the Holy Spirit to blanket me, and it happened; I think about you all of the time. Thoughts of you come out in my daily conversations with others, whether at work, home, or at school. I feel as if my life is being transformed and that you have placed a yearning for knowledge and relationship with you upon my heart. How grateful I am. My cup overflows with the Holy Spirit. I am a work in progress and I am humbled by all that I do not know. I attest to the life change it has brought and finally know what others had claimed...that knowing you and accepting you as Lord and Saviour is a transforming experience. I am still working on discerning your voice and your plan for me. I feel you calling me to ministry sometimes, but I am such a novice that I tremble at the thought. Give me focus today to accomplish the many things that I need to accomplish and for some quiet time with you. I pray for peace in my heart, peace in my home, and peace in the world. Amen