Throughout the Bible, sacrifice to our Father has been mentioned. From Genesis where Cain and Able who made sacrifices to YHWH; to other writings of the Bible where priests have made sacrifices of rams, bulls and other to our Father making atonement for sin, eventually to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus, our Father’s very own generated son, who was sacrificed for our sin... who died for us that we may live. What is our sacrifice? How do we live our lives... pleasing our Father, or pleasing ourselves? Are we like Cain where our ways, our actions and our thoughts are second rate and not pleasing? Or are we like Abel and they are giving our best? Do we live by belief, or just say that we believe and are prodigal? Scripture mentions that sacrifices to our Father to be perfect and without blemish... giving only the best and the first fruits as a sacrifice. We live our lives and eventually pass on, but is our life a sacrifice to Him? Are we cleaning only the outside and not the inside? Are our outsides beautiful, clean and pleasing while yet our insides are wretched, filthy an wicked? Let us not only cleanse the outside of our cups... our temples... our bodies, but the inside as well filling them with holiness and not corruption. May we be pleasing in all our ways to our Father, and may we be cleansed, chastened and purified by Him living a holy life glorifying Him. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen