"Be not conformed
to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind
that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy acceptable
to Him, which is your reasonable service."
In application of the revelation
of the Living Word and in light of the fact that He who comes
to God, must believe that God is and that He is a rewarder of
those who diligently seek Him and with the knowledge and understanding
that in seeking we will find, and therefore be found, we hereby,
in the Oneness of Him, with Him, proclaim these truths of God
to be inevitable, that we may be living sacrifices, transformed
to His image, as our only holy and reasonable service.
Whereas God
is God, we hereby yield ourselves to Him as bondservants, that
we may be what He wants us to be, in Him, in truth, to His honor
and glory.
Whereas God
is Truth, we hereby yield ourselves to walk in the Truth, that
in Him and in His service, His Truth will be proclaimed to others,
in His power, in His Spirit, for His purpose.
Whereas God
is Spirit, we hereby yield ourselves to walk in His Spirit, that
we may become one with Him in a living relationship, worshipping
Him always, that we may experience Him at all times, in the light
of His Spirit and His Truth.
Whereas God
is Light and in Him is no darkness at all, we hereby yield ourselves
to walk in the Light as He is in the Light and is the Light,
that we may be in constant fellowship with Him and in Him, become
Light unto the world, as He is the Light unto our way and our
path.
Whereas God
is the Way, we hereby yield ourselves to walk in the Way, that
we may never stray, but always walk in Him, that He may be our
path, that as we may grow through the Vine as His branches.
Whereas God
is the Vine, we hereby yield ourselves to abide in the vine,
that we may be in Him and become whatever branch, tree or leaf
that He wants us to be, that we may grow in Him, according to
His purpose.
Whereas God
has called us for His purpose, we hereby yield ourselves to that
purpose, that we may become His purpose and live in Him, in peace,
in obedience to His calling.
Whereas God
is Peace, we hereby yield ourselves to live in that Peace He
has given us, and left with us, that as we dwell in His Peace
and in His Love, we may be Peace to others, .
Whereas God
is Love, we hereby yield ourselves to that Love, that we may
abide in His Love and thereby become His Love to others, knowing
full well that we are to be ambassadors of His Love, as beings
of His Love, as we abide in His Love, that the gift of His Love
can truly be given to others.
Whereas God
has promised to abide in us as we abide in Him, we hereby yield
ourselves to Him, to dwell in Him, so that He becomes our dwelling
place, so that He abides with us in that state of Oneness that
was promised in the prayer of the Son to the Father, that we
may be One as they are One, in Him and in His Life.
Whereas God
is Life, we hereby yield ourselves fully to Him, freely giving
to Him our all, for in seeking Him, we have found Him and in
putting Him first, we have all that we need, for He is all we
need and in Him we have all that is, for in Him we have Life,
for He alone is Life, and in yielding our life to Him, we have
found Life and experience Life abundantly.
Therefore,
in the Light of who God is and in the hope of Christ our Eternal
Lord and Saviour, we hereby present our bodies as living sacrifices
to His service, holy acceptable unto God, that He may complete
the work that He has begun in us, that we may be what He wants
us to be, in His Service.
Therefore,
we know that He has transformed us by the renewing of our minds,
that we are now new creations in Him, that old things have passed
away, that all things have become new.
Therefore,
we are no longer conformed to this world, for He has taken us
to Himself that we may forever behold His Glory, and in His service
He will send us back into this world as His ambassadors to do
His will as we become His will, in His service forever.
Therefore,
as we have been called according to His purpose, we hereby yield
ourselves fully to that purpose and to that calling, that we
may be what He wants us to be.
Therefore,
His mind is our mind, and as we dwell in Him and in His Love,
we live in Him as Transformed Beings, in His image, to His honor
and glory.
Therefore, we
give Him our lives, that we may have Life abundantly, knowing
full well that we will experience that life in Him as we dwell
in Him and in His Life, both now and forever.
Henceforth,
in the light of the above proclamation of who God is, I do hereby
yield my life, my body, as a living sacrifice to Him, to fulfill
my calling, according to His purpose, that I may dwell in Him
as my dwelling place, and thereby be His friend as He created
me to be.
Henceforth,
it is the desire of my heart to freely give my life to God in
complete surrender and to present my body to Him as a living
sacrifice, holy acceptable to Him, as my reasonable service.
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