Giving God Your Best

This sermon challenges believers to move beyond religious performance and New Year's resolutions into a deeper partnership with God. The pastor emphasizes that giving God our best isn't about willpower or doing more, but about daily surrender, Spirit-empowered discipline, and faithfulness in our current season. Drawing from Romans 12:1-2, the message calls Christians to present their bodies as living sacrifices—not for applause, but as an act of availability to God. The sermon addresses the holistic nature of discipleship, including physical health, spiritual disciplines, financial stewardship, and intentional rest. Rather than conforming to worldly patterns of burnout and comparison, believers are called to be transformed through partnership with God, proving His good, acceptable, and perfect will through their lives. The message concludes with practical challenges: implementing the ancient Jewish practice of the Shema (declaring God's supremacy morning and night) and observing intentional Sabbath rest by unplugging from digital distractions to focus on God and relationships.