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SACRIFICE TO GOD

   Sacrifice is the act of giving up something that you want to keep. The fact that you want to keep it makes it a difficult task to do. To give something to a man, one is sure that he might get it back but when it involves God, that is the time we'll remember that we can't see Him, and how can we get it back?
   The good news is that He will give you back in hundred folds (Matthew 19:29). Before we think God will take all we have, do we know what the Lord desires as His sacrifice is? What can you give God that will be equal to His grace? Think deep and ask yourself what do I have that He hasn't given me? What's the Lord's sacrifice?
    The sacrifice in which the Lord delights in is A BROKEN SPIRIT. A broken spirit is further divided into two - a broken and contrite heart (psalm 51:17). No matter how hard it is to give a sacrifice, it isn't as hard as this because its against the flesh. This broken spirit is against the spirit of pride.
  When a spirit possess someone, they exhibit the actions of that spirit. When the spirit of pride comes upon a man, he become a proud man. He always think he's better than others and he satisfies flesh instead of God. He always sees everything he has as a reason of his handwork like Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4:30).
   The Lord hates a man with a proud heart (Proverbs 16:5) and all through the bible destruction is their end because they are considered sinners( Proverbs 21:4). A natural man will always want to give praise to self, but through the help of the Holy spirit we are changed. When we read our bible, they are just like letters, but when we study with the help of the Holy spirit, they become life to us.
    This life is what brings a broken spirit when we yield willingly. The most acceptable sacrifice to the Lord is not ram or fats of bullocks or your good deeds which probably might not come from a clear conscience, but a heart that is broken due to the exposure of our heart to the word of God and a contrite heart with the help of the Holy spirit. The flesh can't do this, but only the spirit can. Yield to the spirit and meditate on the word of God so that you will be a LIVING SACRIFICE unto God which is acceptable (Romans 12:1-2). SHALOM!

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