Romans

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NASB	Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
AMPLIFIED 2015	Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies [dedicating all of yourselves, set apart] as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational (logical, intelligent) act of worship.

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Subject: our sacrifice and our faith

Bible Note: As I was reading CHM's Notes of Gen. this passage caught my eye as it seems to relate here to Rom 12:1. please forgive any spelling mistakes.

"The soul that has found ALL its springs in God, can, without any demur, retire from ALL creature streams. We dan give up the creature just in proportion as we have found out, or become experimentally acquainted with, the Creator. and no further. To attempt to give up the visible things in any other way save in the energy of that faith which lays hold of the invisible, is the most fruitless labor possible. It cannot be done. I will hold fast my Isaac until I have found my all in God. It is when we are enabled, by faith, to say, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble," that we can also add, "Therefoe we will not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea" (Ps 46:1-2).

... there is ready obediance. Faith never stops to look at circumstances, or ponder results; it only 'looks at God; it expresses itself thus: "But when it pleased God, who separated me form my mother's womb, and called me by His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I maight preach him among the gentiles, Immediatly I conferred not with flesh and blood" (Gal 1:15-16). The moment we confer with flesh and blood, our testimony and service are marred, for flesh and blood can never obey. We must rise early, and carry out, through grace, the divine command. Thus we are blessed, and God is glorified. Having God's own Word as the basis for our acting, will ever impart strength and stability to our acting.