ROM 6:19
Even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Rom. 6:19
The Apostle Paul is exhorting the Roman believers that as they had, in their unsaved days, been servants to sin, now as Christians they should yield themselves - their whole being - as servants to righteousness. Yes, as a Christian I should want to give myself to the Lord and live for Him. He gave Himself for me; I should give myself back. The cost? A daily sacrifice of taking up the cross and following Him. It takes self-denial. It takes purpose of heart. And it brings great reward.