For the Glory of God

"For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's." - Romans 14:8
This is one of my favorite verses. I keep it on my binder at school and it is a daily reminder whenever I open up or pick up my binder. As a christian, your main focus is Jesus Christ!
In my ESV study Bible, the reference under this verse says, "Fundamental to the whole discussion is the reality that the Christian's life is not his own. Both in life and death, Christians belong to the Lord, and he alone is their judge." In verse 7 of Romans 14 it says:
"For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself."
The world's view is that you own your own body and therefore you can do whatever you want to it, and that you can believe whatever you want because you have control over yourself. For christians, however, we know that we do not own our bodies. Our bodies are God's and we are only here on earth to bring Him glory and praise.
"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own" - 1 Corinthians 6:19


"Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established." -Proverbs 16:3
We just read Proverbs 16 on Scripture of the Day today. It goes along with Romans 14:8 where it says that whether we live or die, we are the for the Lord.
In every single thing we do, we need to be doing not for ourselves, but to glorify God! It is so easy to complain or have a bad attitude about doing homework or studying for tests, but if you didn't study as hard as you could or if you didn't try really hard on your homework, do you think that God would be completely pleased? I dont think so.

Lyrics to the song, None But Jesus, says:
There is no one else for me/ None But Jesus/ Crucified to set me free/ Now I live to bring Him praise/ In the chaos in confusion I know your sovereign still.

"For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." - Philippians 1:21