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Introduction
Spiritual sacrifices are any words or acts that we do which is motivated by a desire to glorify God alone.
It is to surrender or give up something precious for the sake of honoring and glorifying God.
It is an act of worship that God delights in.
Noah sacrifice after the flood
Kings Saul planned sacrifice
Today God Desires Spiritual Sacrifice
What to Guard Against to Make Your Sacrifice Acceptable.
Resentment
Moses
Jealousy
If we allow the desire for a title or prominence to build up in us, jealousy and resentment may develop in us unknowingly as well
Peter’s ministry
Spiritual Sacrifices Offered Today
Every baptized believer in Christ is a holy priest under the new covenant and as priests, we offer spiritual sacrifices unto God through Jesus Christ
Priest sacrifice
Read Hebrews 10th chapter
An Alter is not an Alter if there is no sacrifice.
The very language of alter is sacrifice
Key work in spiritual sacrifice is Spirit.
Spirit needs no cars, money
1. Sacrifice of Thanksgiving
Very easy to give thanks in good times.
Giving thanks in bad times
2. Sacrifice of Prayer
We also offer sacrifices of prayer.
This is prayer made not from the position convenience.
As believers, our prayers that are offered to God goes up, just like the smoke o the incense offered ascended in the sanctuary
The fact that the incense was always burning in the temple signifies what? - WE SHOULD ALWAYS OFFER PRAYERS TO GOD
3. A Sacrifice of Praise
God’s will for us is to praise Him at all times and in all situations
When we offer praise to God in the midst of suffering and misfortune doing that becomes a spiritual sacrifice
This is what Paul and Silas were doing in prison
4. A Sacrifice of Will
Our will should never usurp God’s Will
Our sin nature, which is all of us contends for supremacy
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A Living Sacrifice
You give yourself wholly to the Lord - This is total commitment to serve only God
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