What does the Bible say about giving time to jesus?
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The Bible teaches that giving time to Jesus means trusting Him as Lord and gladly ordering our lives around His grace, worship, obedience, and service. Because believers have been united to Christ and live by faith in Him, as Galatians 2:20 says, time is no longer merely our own but a gift to steward for God’s glory. Ephesians 5:16 calls us to make wise use of our days, while Romans 12:1 urges us to offer our whole selves as living sacrifices. Jesus invites fellowship with Him in Revelation 3:20, and Jude 1:21 calls us to keep ourselves in God’s love. This devotion bears practical fruit in tested obedience, generous good works, and care for others, as James 2:14-17 and Hebrews 13:16 teach.
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- Ephesians 5:16
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- Titus 1:16
They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
- James 2:14-17
[14] What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? [15] And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, [16] and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;" and yet you didn't give them the things the body needs, what good is it? [17] Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
- Jude 1:21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
- Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.
- Hebrews 13:16
But don't forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
- Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
- Romans 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
- 2 Corinthians 2:14
Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21
Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
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