Scripture: Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. -Romans 12:1 Additional Reading: 1 Corinthians 6:19–20, 3 John 1:2, 1 Timothy 4:8, Galatians 5:22–23, Proverbs 23:20–21, Ecclesiastes 7:18 Intro: We pray for strength. We ask God for clarity. We want endurance to serve Him well. But we often ignore the very body He gave us to do it. Roman

Scripture: “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.” Matthew 23:27–28 Additional Reading: Psalm 51:6, Proverbs 28:13, Proverbs 29:25, Psalm 32:3–5, Isaiah 29:13, 1 Samuel 16:7, 1 John 1