Key Ideas
Faith Fact
Jesus loves the world.
Faith Verse
John 3:16 (NLT)
“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.”
Question of the Day: How is Jesus’ sacrifice an example of how we should live?
Read about It
Read: Romans 12:1–2
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Something more amazing happens when people accept Jesus as Savior and allow Him to change the way they think and live.
Jesus was willing to give up everything so we could have eternal life with Him. The Bible says that the true way to worship Him is to give Him all of us—to sacrifice our own desires and will to please Him, and follow His desires and His will. When we turn away from the things of the world, give ourself to God, and allow Him to transform our life, we become more like Jesus and learn to walk in the perfect will of God. Then God takes our life and uses it to change those around us.
Talk about It
Question 1. How did Jesus sacrifice himself for us?
Answer 1. He gave His life for us by dying on the cross for our sins.
Question 2. How can we sacrifice ourself for God?
Answer 2. We can be a “living and holy sacrifice” by giving control of our life to God (Romans 12:1)
Question 3. How does God help us live differently from the rest of the world?
Answer 3. When we let God transform us into a new person, He changes the way we think so we can know God’s will for us. (Romans 12:2)
Question 4. When you think of all that God has done for you, how do you want to respond?
Answer 4. Answers will vary.
Question 5. Who in your life needs to know about the change that can happen because Jesus sacrificed himself for us?
Answer 5. Answers will vary.
Pray about It
Jesus, thank You for all that You have done for me by sacrificing Your own life. Help me to live my life as a “living and holy sacrifice” and worship You in all that I do. Amen.