Does the living sacrifice stop with praise from our lips?
No, the living sacrifice does not stop with praise from our lips. Praise and thanksgiving are the first and foremost offering God seeks, and it is the easiest way to fulfill Romans chapter 12, but it always moves on into other areas of your life and is holy, set apart to God.
Les explains that the living sacrifice begins with the lips: the sacrifice of praise to God continually, the fruit of our lips. He asks what you do with your lips—you speak—and says this is the living sacrifice God is looking for first and foremost. God wants to hear our lips speak praise and thanksgiving to Him all day, every day. But Les cautions, 'don't let it stop with the lips of praise.' It is always going to move on into other areas of your life. He notes that a believer offering lips of praise seven days a week will also start accomplishing things for God; it works hand in glove, automatically. The living sacrifice is also holy, meaning simply set apart. So praise from the lips is the beginning, not the end.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
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What does it mean to present your body as a living sacrifice?
Presenting your body as a living sacrifice means simply saying, 'Lord, here am I. Use me.'