30 Bible Verses about Being Devoted to God
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Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day.”
and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;
This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.
So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;
But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever I have that would help you has been given to God,”
Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God; arise, therefore, and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the Lord.”
A Psalm of Praise, of David.
I will extol You, my God, O King,
And I will bless Your name forever and ever.
However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.
So I have also dedicated him to the Lord; as long as he lives he is dedicated to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.
rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor;
Now I urge you, brethren (you know the household of Stephanas, that they were the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves for ministry to the saints),
“He who sacrifices to any god, other than to the Lord alone, shall be utterly destroyed.
whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things.
Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
I have set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
For he who was called in the Lord while a slave, is the Lord’s freedman; likewise he who was called while free, is Christ’s slave.
For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge.
For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.
but you say, ‘If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, given to God),’
Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.
God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars.”
so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died;
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Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Giving up all for Christ
Jesus said to him,
And Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. "And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name's sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our spirit
For
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our bodies
Therefore
Being Devoted to God » Should be » In life and death
according to my
for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Serving God
not lagging behind in diligence,
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Loving God
And he answered, “
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our members
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our substance
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » Unreserved
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our redemption
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Walking worthy of God
so that you would
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The call of God
so that you would
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Persevering
But Jesus said to him,
Might serve Him without fear,
Being Devoted to God » Christ, an example of
Jesus *said to them,
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Doing all to God's glory
Whether, then, you eat or drink or
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Timothy
But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, so that I also may be encouraged when I learn of your condition. For I have no one else of kindred spirit who will genuinely be concerned for your welfare. For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus. read more.
But you know of his proven worth, that he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel like a child serving his father.
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Abounding
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Living to Christ
and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The death of Christ
and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Epaphroditus
because he came close to death
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Paul
For to me,
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Want of, condemned
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » God, Goodness of
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our preservation
And even to your
I have
And I will bear you and I will deliver you.
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » The mercies of God
Therefore
Being Devoted to God » Grounded upon » Our creation
And they shall glorify Your name.
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Bearing the cross
And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them,
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Self-denial
And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them,
Being Devoted to God » A characteristic of saints
I have treasured the
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Joanna, &c
and Joanna the wife of Chuza,
the Burnt offering » Illustrative of » Being Devoted to God
Therefore
Decision » Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Joshua
If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or