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Key Verse
- You [believers], like living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house for a holy and dedicated priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices [that are] acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:5 AMP
Other versions
- you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:5 NASB
How?
1. Praise
- Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. Hebrews 13:15 NKJV
- “He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him], I shall show the salvation of God.” Psalm 50:23 AMP
Example
- Now about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them … Acts 16:25 NASB
2. Thanksgiving
- Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare His works with rejoicing. Psalm 107:22 NKJV
- I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of the LORD. Psalm 116:17 NKJV
- “He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him], I shall show the salvation of God.” Psalm 50:23 AMP
3. Bodies
- Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Romans 12:1 NASB
Other versions
- I appeal to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship. Romans 12:1 AMPC
4. Prayer
- Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:2 NKJV
See also
- I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands 1 Timothy 2:8 NKJV
5. Doing good & Sharing
- But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Hebrews 13:16 NKJV
6. Evangelism
- And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. Matthew 19:29 NKJV
- He who goes back and forth weeping, carrying his bag of seed [for planting], Will indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him. Psalm 16:6 AMP
Sacrificial Offerings
1. Woman with Alabaster Jar
- And while He was in Bethany, [a guest] in the house of Simon the leper, as He was reclining [at table], a woman came with an alabaster jar of ointment (perfume) of pure nard, very costly and precious; and she broke the jar and poured [the perfume] over His head. Mark 14:3 AMPC
2. Widow with Two Mites
- And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. So He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all; for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had.” Luke 21:1-4 NKJV
3. Little Boy with Loaves and Fish
- “There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many people?” John 6:9 AMP