I've spent time talking with some of the crew on the cruise ship. Their stories are fascinating. It is a very international crew, most from third world countries. They are on ship for 9 months and home for 2-3 months. The men seem to all have families and are sacrificing for their families by working on board ship where they can earn more money than in positions where they live. All say the same thing.....they want their children to get an education and this gives them the money to be able to do that. The children show appreciation by doing their best in school.
What are you sacrificing? What do you want the outcome of your sacrifice to be? How important is it to you? What are you willing to give up. God sacrificed his son, Jesus, so your sins can be washed away. How do you show appreciation?
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will. " Romans 12:1-2.
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