Romans 12
New King James Version Is a verse I memorized as a teenager because it reminded me of who I was, where I was and where I was headed when I passed away according to the word of God.
Living Sacrifices to God
12 I beseech^[a] you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your ^[b]reasonable service. ² And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. God wants us to know without a doubt, we are all created by God to be of goodwill and peace, so that we can pray for our enemies to become like the Lord, that we can all live together in Gods world, with love without hate controlling our world. This is the foundation of our faith, as Christian living in the Family of God. It is giving our bodies five senses of ear, eyes, nose, mouth and feeling totally over to the Lord will so our Souls, Five senses of Imagination, conscience, memory, reason and affection can be guided by our Spirits five senses, of worship, reverence, faith and hope in God, to answer our prayers, so that our souls and bodies 10 cents, can be totally given over to Gods will, so we can all bring glory and honor to the Lord and never to ourselves.
Thank the Lord for minds that can understand the way, truth and life that God created us all with at birth, to have faith in staying alive and working to breath, eat, sleep as babies, so we can learn the value of working at playing and have fun during our babies years, so we continue to grow to maturity to where we can be of goodwill and peace to all, as we obey the principles of God’s word, taught to us by parents and teachers of goodwill and peace.
Today our kids are not taught Christian values, but values that are corrupt by Satan addictions of evil, for he is out to destroy all that God created for our goodwill and peace.
It is the grace of God who teaches us, in general, to live soberly and righteously, and to deny all that which is contrary to God will. We need to be totally surrendered to Gods will, so we can act like our creator God.
Serve God with Spiritual Gifts
³ For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. Notice God gave us all faith by His grace, love, mercy and justice. He loves His creation and wants us humans to never forget who we are, that we can produce goodwill and peace to all we meet. Then when righteousness rules people rejoice for everyone cares for what is going on that is hurting us all and that is lawlessness that is going on today. We were not created as beast, but as humans to take care of this world in which we live and have our being.
 ⁴ For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, ⁵ so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Thank the Lord our mouth does not argue with our teeth, as our body work together, so we can enjoy all we do with our bodies. Our Bodies are to bring glory to God for their 5 senses honor the Lord in all we do. Our bodies are alive and not brunt by the addictions of evil, for we have sacrificed sins, for Gods cleansing that we can magnify the Lord. We do not sacrifice our Children as the Barbarous heathen. We sacrifice the addictions of Satan, so our soul keeps pleasing Gods will. Then our Spirits know the value of staying connected to the vine; Jesus, so we can bring forth goodwill and peace toward all

⁶ Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; ⁷ or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; ⁸ he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. God gave us all gifts that we can benefit one another and the greatest of gifts is life everlasting, for no one can take them from us including Satan, as we keep abiding in the vine, being connected to bear much fruit. You may not be a minister prophesying, or ministering, or even teaching, but you’re a exhorter telling the good news Jesus saves, as God has blessed you with liberality, you do not save for yourself, but share liberally with all you meet. For now, God is leading you with diligence, as you keep digging for the truth of Gods way, truth and life. Always realizing God has more love, mercy and grace to give to all His followers, so we can be Christ Ambassadors in His kingdom here on earth.
Behave Like a Christian
⁹ Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. ¹⁰ Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; ¹¹ not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; ¹² rejoicing in hope, patient^[c] in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; ¹³ distributing to the needs of the saints, given^[d] to hospitality. This shows we are not hypocrites when we are following the Shepherd of our bodies, souls and Spirit. We are consistent in our dedication to the Lord and not looking back, but keeping focused upon Gods goodness, so we can pray for one another, including our enemies to become like the Lord. We love others like we do ourselves and this takes diligence in seeking the Holy Spirit of God to be empowered by God to resist all evil. We are not our own, but totally given over to doing all we do in Gods way. For it is God we are serving, not one another even though we can’t, but God gives us the empowerment to forgive, as we serve the Lord doing His will at all times. Then we can rejoice and be glad having no disappointments, but have increased hope that God will intervene and rescue us from Satan’s lust for evil. Then we can be a hospital to all we meet, for we love God and all He created. This is what separates the Christians from this world of sin we live in.
¹⁴ Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. ¹⁵ Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. ¹⁶ Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion. Blessing other who persecute us is able to be done as we abide in the Love of the Lord for He forgave all who put Him to death on the cross. Everyone I have meet want to be treated with tender loving care and that is the way God created us all and when we can’t weep for the welfare of our enemies we need to place our hands and lives into His loving arms so all can be saved.
We can’t expect to be like God without accepting the love, grace and mercy of the Lord daily, moment by moment. Remember we are weak without the Presence of the Lord empowering us for His service. So let’s not think we are wise without the mindset of the Lords governing our lives.
¹⁷ Repay no one evil for evil. Have^[e] regard for good things in the sight of all men. ¹⁸ If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. We are seeing people being killed for not accepting being arrested for bad behavior and in turn fighting the officers who want them to not resist, but yield to the request of the officers so they can disagree in a court of law, if they think they are wronged. It is impossible to live peaceably with those who arrest you for wrong actions and behavior unless the Lord is empowering you to stay peaceful and obedient to law and order for it affects us all to obey not be disobedient like we are seeing around the world today!
¹⁹ Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. ²⁰ Therefore
“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.” Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
This is not possible as humans, for we are born sinners that want to always get even now. But, God wants us to develop control of our emotions and feeling, so we are not doing something that destroys our lives, which people are doing to day when they are arrested, but are resisting what is right and taking things into their hands. Lord help us to understand vengeance is not ours to deal with, but God will repay. This is the reason we are seeing the Church world feeding more people helpless and homeless that any other force on earth. Yes, it does not feel good to them, for it is like giving them coals of fire, and it is not comforting, but shameful to where shame rules rather than conviction to where people want repent of wrong doing and do God will so we ae living Epistles read by what we are doing and saying in our behavior and actions! Lord help us to see the importance of repenting for our human weakness so we can live with the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.