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My Everyday, Ordinary Life

Wednesday, August 08, 2012

This morning was one of those times when the words hit me right where I am. Thought I'd share them with my SP friends. :)


Romans 12:1-2

"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."
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COMPUCATHY 8/11/2012 10:30PM

    Hmmm...very good. Makes me think that I want my "normal" everyday life to be awesome to lay before Him. Thanks for the perspective. We are in the right place. Hope you are having a great weekend! Keep up the good work! Thanks for the encouragement! Spark on! emoticon

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BESTSUSIEYET 8/8/2012 3:28PM

    That really does hit home ... what I do today MATTERS! So why NOT offer it to our Lord? Thanks for the reminder!

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1GODGIRL 8/8/2012 2:41PM

    I was just reading this the other day. I read the NIV version, you know the one that says, "be transformed by the renewing of your mind." I like the Message version too!
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DESIGNED4MORE 8/8/2012 11:50AM

    Amen :)

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