GIVE YOURSELF TO GOD

GIVE YOURSELVES TO GOD

'Do not let sin control the way you live. Romans 6:12 NLT

There are a lot of things that make up our lives, but what really matters is what we put our focus on. If we focus on things that make us happy, we’ll be successful. If we focus on things that make us sad, we’ll be unsuccessful. If we focus on things that make us feel good, we’ll be successful.

The same goes for our lives with God. If we focus on things that make us happy, we’ll be successful. If we focus on things that make us sad, we’ll be unsuccessful. If we focus on things that make us feel good, we’ll be successful. When it comes to our relationship with God, we need to give ourselves to Him. We need to let Him take control of our lives and our relationship with Him. We need to allow Him to be our everything and our nothing.

When we give ourselves to God, He will do amazing things in Him.

WHEN SOMEONE says, 'I can't help myself, it's just the way I am, they are right, but only partially right! Researchers identified more than a hundred identical twins that had been separated at birth. They were raised in various cultures, religions, and locations. By comparing their similarities and their differences it became clear that as much as 70 personality was inherited. Their DNA determined such qualities as creativity loving-kindness, vigour, longevity, intelligence, and even the joy of living with the 'Jim twins who were separated until they were thirty-nine years old.

Both married women named Linda, owned dogs named Toy, suffered from migraine headaches, chain-smoked, liked beer, drove Chevys, and served as sheriff's deputies. Their personalities and attitudes were virtual carbon copies. What do these findings mean? Are we puppets on a string, playing out a predetermined course without free will or personal choices all. Unlike animals, we're capable of rational thought and independent action don't have to act on every sexual urge, for example, despite our genetic underpinnings. Heredity may nudge us in a particular direction, but our impulses can be brought under control. This is where the new birth comes in. God gives you a new nature, and the power to overcome your old one. Paul addresses it: 'Do not let sin control the way you live, do not give in to sinful desires. Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life' (w. 12-13 NLT).

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