in our being bought out of the slave market of sin and adopted into the household of righteousness. Therefore, our bodies are to become living sacrifices as we worship the one who redeemed us by his mercy. It takes many times of hearing this truth for the contemporary believer to get it right. God is not asking the believer to dedicate his gifts, abilities, money, time, ideas, creativity, or any such thing. He is asking the believer to sacrifice himself or herself. Oswald Chambers says, “We have