Claim. To sacrifice is, by its very root, to make something holy — to give it over for God’s use.
Elaboration. The pastor walks through the etymology of sacrifice: it ‘comes from [sacer] which means sacred or holy and [facere] to do or to make’ (Transcript, 43:54–44:01). Her conclusion: ‘To sacrifice means to make something holy. To give something to God to use’ (ibid, 44:03–44:08). She applies it directly to effort — ‘We make things holy when we do things that are hard for God’s kingdom’ (ibid, 44:20–44:26) — and calls it ‘a precious thing to sacrifice,’ even against a culture that says to protect yourself and not give yourself away completely (ibid, 44:28–44:40).
Significance. Sacrifice is reframed from loss to consecration: the hard thing offered to God is not subtracted from a life but sanctified within it.