• To the Bible:

“I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship.” (Romans 12:1 AMPC)

• Introduction:

Greetings people of God. We had earlier discussed that the Human is spirit, has a soul and lives in a body.

When we received Christ Jesus into our life, our Spirit was regenerated (born again from above), whereas the soul and body were not. 

Therefore, we need to feed the soul with the Word of God in order to teach it to obey God. (Read Colossians 3:16) We should grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus  Christ. (Read 2Peter 3:18)

 In addition, we also have to mortify or subdue the members of our body so it won’t  be hostile to God, destabilize our whole lifetime, and grant access to demons.  (Read Colossians 3:5; Romans 8:13)

In order to live the higher life easily, it is important to make a decisive consecration of our whole being to God.

Consecration means to give yourself to God  as a living sacrifice. It is not a spur of the moment thing but something you do after deep consideration.

When you consecrate yourself to God, you put the entirety of your life into His hands- you submit your will, dreams, aspiration- everything to Him. You submerge your will in His own. Like Christ you boldly declare – ‘my meat is to do His will’ You just live for Him.

While sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit, consecration is your decision (an act of your freewill) to live a life of yieldedness or submission to God!

Today, we are going to decisively present all the faculties of our souls and bodies to God in response to the appeal in Romans 12

 that we should make a decisive  dedication of our bodies as a living sacrifice to God.

The Hymn “I sùrrender All” by Judson W. Van DeVenter explains what Consecration involves. 

• #prayerPoints4Today:

1. Keep playing the song ” I SURRENDER ALL” in the background while praying in tongues (if you have the gift) or sing along until the song/lyrics become your own.

2. Thank God for your salvation and the grace to know Him more.

Prayer of Consecration:

I I, …….( say you name) dedicate to God,  my soul and all its related faculties of mind, intellect, reasoning, volition/will, feelings/affections, and emotions; as well as my body with all it’s physical senses of sight, taste, smell, touch, and hearing.

 I declare that my mind functions as the mind of Christ,  and will continually grow in the knowledge of Christ.  I refuse to allow any root of bitterness to take root in me and forgive easily without waiting for apologies. 

I submit my dreams, goals and aspirations to God and refuse to function outside His will and purposes for my existence.

In Christ I live, move and have my being and daily I am becoming Christlike in worship, character, and service, and my lifestyle expresses the heart of God in the world of my influence.

The Word of God that is in me, infuses boldness, strength, dominion and excellence in my spirit. 

I am emotionally stable, intellectually superior with deep spiritual insight, for the Greater one lives in me. 

The Holy Spirit has a free course in my life, and is magnified in me, leaving no room for anything contrary in me.

I am a dispenser of the manifold graces of God to my world for I am filled and led by the Holy Spirit and I’m absolutely under the authority and dominion of Jesus Christ.  Glory be to God.

I have been chosen for salvation and sanctified by the Truth of God’s Word which I believe and confess. I am strong in faith and live according to my divine heritàge in Christ. Glory be to God. 

Thank you for joining us to intercede and to pray for yourself as well. The Bible says that “Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered” (Proverbs 11:25) therefore, you will always have people praying on your behalf, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ. 

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly #theSpiritualWarrior

• SALVATION PRAYER 

If you are not a born again child of God, Here is  salvation prayer for you to say out loudly.  “O Lord God “ I believe with all my heart in Jesus Christ, Son of the living God. I believe He died for me and God raised Him from the dead. I believe He’s alive today. I confess with my mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life from this day. Through Him and in His Name, I have eternal life; I’m born again. 

Thank you Lord, for saving my soul! I’m now a child of God. Hallelujah!” 

• Congratulations! 

   ((You are now a child of God)) 

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