Date: Sunday, 14th December 2025
Text: Romans 12:1
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
Sacrifice is the fragrance of discipleship. Paul said, “Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice” (Romans 12:1). Sacrifice is not pain—it is worship. A disciple gives time, strength, resources, and comfort for kingdom purpose. Love always sacrifices (John 3:16); discipleship reflects divine love.
God uses sacrifice to enlarge capacity. Abraham sacrificed Isaac and became the father of nations (Genesis 22:16–18). David refused to offer to God what cost him nothing (2 Samuel 24:24). Sacrifice breaks selfishness, expands faith, and creates room for greater glory.
Sacrifice distinguishes disciples from followers. Followers seek benefits; disciples seek transformation. Followers pursue convenience; disciples pursue covenant. Sacrifice reveals commitment, maturity, and kingdom alignment (Philippians 3:7–8). What you sacrifice for God never disappears—it becomes seed.
Every disciple must sacrifice comfort to pray, sleep to study, resources to give, pride to obey, and convenience to grow. Sacrifice is not loss; it is investment. God rewards every surrendered thing with multiplied grace (Mark 10:29–30). What leaves your hand enters God’s harvest field.
Prayer Nugget: Father, make my life a willing sacrifice that honors you daily in Jesus name.
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