Experiencing GOD's Favor and Living Sacrifice | John Giftah

Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world is a crazy

place and it just seems to get crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and

take a break. This is Fuel for the Soul with John GIFTA. We're

a hub for inspirational Christian sermons, practical keys for Christian living, in Christian

discussions and interviews. You'll be inspired to live the life that you were created

for. Your host is a top ranking podcaster, best selling author, world

record holder, aerospace engineer, life coach, evangelist, and founder of John

Gifta International. Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John GIFTA. Hey,

are you in the place and in life where you're saying, John, I'm

praying, I'm believing, But I'm not able to see the favorite of God

upon my life. I'm not able to see the power of God. I'm

not able to walk in the miracles, the power of the supernancial. I'm

not able to experience the fullness of the Christian left that I'm supposed to have?

Is there something that could be wrong in my life? See that are

a lot of things that we can learn. We can introspect wherein a journey

God understands that we're going through a lot of things. But there's something that

the Lord was speaking to me about and I thought I would share this with

you, and I want to take it forward by sharing this scripture. And

I want to take this forward Romance twelve, verse one, and it says,

therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's

mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice only and pleasing to God.

This is your true and proper worship. Now when you look at the

Nulty version, it says in a very similar line, I plead with you

to give your bodies to God because of all He has done for you.

Let them be a living and holy sacrifice, the kind he will find acceptable.

This is truly the way to worship Him. Now, I want to

tell you something. The scripture is talking about offering ourselves, offering every element

about us. Maybe it's your physical aspect of life, your time, your

money, your resources, your gifts, your emotions, your mental you know

ability and the strength and all of that, everything as a whole that makes

you you. You're called to give to the Lord as a living sacrifice,

not after you die, but as a living sacrifice unto the Lord, so

that you glorify God with your life. We praise him with our life.

We live our life for him. It's no longer we that live, but

it is Christ to live through us, to fulfill his plan that he has

for us. Right. And so now a lot of Christians take this face

value and say, yes, you know what, I'm worshiping the Lord.

They sing songs or praise and worship and they think that's worship. Now it

your is a scripture. It clearly says offering yourself as a living sacrifice.

Where you say, I'm denying my own self. I'm denying or bringing death

to my own self, and I'm saying, let God's will be done over

my life. I'm giving myself into his hands and giving myself as the living

sacrifice for him to use me whatever way he wants. So it's not about

what I want, but it's about what He wants. And that's what is

true and proper worship. That's what the Bible says right now in line with

there's someone who share the scripture with you, and I want to take this

forward, and it is found in Malachai chapter one, and I'm reading to

you from words number seven and I'm reading from the Alti version, and it's

what says you defile them by saying, the altar of the Lord deserves no

respect when you give blind animals as sacrifices. Isn't that wrong? And it

is the wrong to offer animals that crippled and deceased. Trying giving gifts like

this to the governor, and see how pleased he is, says the Lord

of Heaven's armies. Go ahead, beg God to be merciful to you.

But when you bring that kind of an offering, why should he show you

any favor at all? As the Lord of Heaven's armies, he's saying this.

There are people who don't properly give the proper kind of sacrifice. And

they're not offering the right sacrifice. They're not doing it properly. They're doing

it complacently. They're doing evil. You know, they're thinking, like,

you know, what, I do the best for something else, Like you

know, in a literal sense, let's say this. You know a lot

of people, Oh, you know what, I need to put my best

foot forward because this is for my job. But if it's for charge,

he'll be like, you know, this much is enough? You get what

I'm saying. A lot of people have this complacent attitude, yeah, thinking

that you know what, you know this and how I need to impress my

boss. I need to do this because you know it's going to give me

a better platform or an influence, and you know I need to do this

for this person. But when it comes to the Lord, you're like,

you know what, God will understand. I don't need to go that level

of quality. This much is enough? Can I get your attention with this?

Because this is so true. I've seen a lot of people. They

go the extra mile, they do so much, they have a spirit of

excellence when it comes to what they call a secular stuff. But when it

comes to the Lord, they think God understands. Let me just give whatever

I can and whatever I want, whatever I feel like, and even if

it's low quality, second class, it's fine because God will understand. And

here is a scripture would say is very classic way God is saying, you

know, if you were to give this to a governor, would he accept

it? If you were to give a very bad condition of an offering to

you know, somebody else in your vicinity, would he accept it? No?

Then what makes you think that you can play up with God. I'll

tell you honestly, you know, many times I've been in the treasury groups

right when we collect or count the offering that comes from church services and all

of that. And I'll tell you sometimes I've been in setups where there are

really rich people, and I'll tell you honestly, sometimes the offerings that come

there will be like very tone notes that you know that people won't accept it

on I mean this is in India, okay, for those who do not

know. In some countries, whatever the condition of the currencies, they will

accept it. But in India, if it's tone, if it's in a

damaged place, you know, they won't accept. In shops, they won't

accept in a lot of places. So you need to go to the bank

and change it. That's what it is to be done. But they would

put such notes into the offering box, or sometimes coins that are not even

acceptable, like you know, certain kind of outdated coins that are no longer

uptable in the currency of the system would be in the offering box. I've

seen that, right, And I'm telling you honestly, if you are going

to do that for you know, maybe paying your tax or maybe for your

King. Maybe in your workplace, you might get fired, you might get

sued, you might be put in jail. But why would you think God

lightly? That is what I'm trying to say here, and God is going

on to say this. You know, if you bring such offerings, how

can you expect to see My favor? And that is the question I want

to leave with you. If you are saying you want to experience God's favor,

you want to experience God's power, you want to live the Christian life

God has for you, then how can you bring such bad offerings to the

Lord when you are not offering yourself willfully, fully in every area of your

life, whether it's your physical in every area including your interests, your desires,

your passions, your goals, your careers, your relationships, and every

other detail. If you're not offering yourself properly, if you're not giving the

proper of the Lord, how can you expect to live the life that He

has for you? Today, I pray and I challenge every one of you

that you will make amends in your offering, that you will offer yourself as

a living sacrifice to the Lord in every detail, not partially, not in

some areas but completely so that it will please the Lord and you will walk

in the fullness of what He has in store for you. Amen, God

bless you. You've been listening to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta,

we hope you were blessed and inspired to live the life that God has for

you. Make sure to subscribe to the John gifted YouTube channel for regular uploads

of sermons, skits, interviews, and more. Follow John Gifta on Instagram

for regular inspirational posts, and don't forget to check out the best selling books

written by John Gifta, Who Am I which will help you understand your identity

and the latest number one best seller Unveil your Purpose, helping you discover your

purpose to start walking in it. Make sure to leave a rating, end

review, and be sure to share it with your friends and loved ones.

If you'd like to donate, you can find the PayPal link in the description.

And if you'd like to invite John Gifted to speak at your event or

to get more details, go to the website at www dot John gifted dot

com. See you on the next episode of the Fuel for the Soul with

John Gifta. God bless you. If your heart stops beating. Now do

you know where you're going? If you came face to face with death,

Now do you know where you're going? And this is not a message of

condemnation. This is a message of hope. That is a God who loves

you so much he sent his only son, Jesus Christ to come down and

pay a heavy price by sharing every drop of his blood on the cross.

Thank you for dying from sense. When you believe in him, you have

free gift or salvation for you that it shows us that we will go to

heaven when we die instead of suffering in hell forever. I just encourage you

today to make the simple step of faith and say, Jesus, I thank

you for what you did on the cross. Thank you for giving me this

gift of eternal life.

Tonight's Episode