"I appeal to you therefore, brothers,
 by the mercies of God,
to present your bodies as a living sacrifice,
holy and acceptable to God,
which is your spiritual worship.
Do not be conformed to this world,
but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,
that by testing you may discern what is the will of God,
what is good and acceptable and perfect.'

- Romans 12:1,2

"One may live for self and yet do many pleasant things for others;
but one's life can never become the great blessing to the world
it was meant to be until the law of self -sacrifice
has become its heart principle.
We must be willing to lose our life, to sacrifice our self,
to give up our own way, our own ease, our own comfort,
possibly even our own life; for there come times
when one's life must literally be lost in order to be saved."

 - J.R. Miller