"I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect" (Romans 12:1-2, ESV).
Just as soon as I landed back in Houston on Friday night, I met my husband and friends at a movie. As usual, it was filled with perverted humor and things that I have learned to overlook. I didn't read the reviews but I thought the movie was about a couple who needed to learn to appreciate each other. However, I found it to be a mockery of marriage and everything holy unto the Lord. We left...but should have left sooner. We are left with images that are forever embedded in our computer-like minds, never to be completely wiped away.
Paul appeals to us (because of the mercy of God), to present our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. This is our spiritual act of worship. We are not to be made like the world, but to allow the Lord to change and transform our minds SO THAT we may know the will of God - His good, pleasing, and perfect will.
To be able to hear God, we must confess our sins. God is perfect and cannot look on sin. We confess that we have sins, name them, and repent or turn from them...asking that He would help us to never commit the same sin again.
Oh God help us - by your mercy - to confess our sin and make us right and holy before you. We want to be living sacrifices, holy and pure, giving up the things of the world. May we not be drawn in by the filth that abounds around us.
