Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good,
pleasing and perfect will. – Romans 12:1-2
pleasing and perfect will. – Romans 12:1-2
Read these verses at least a few times. According to this short passage, what are the reasons why you should be invested in wanting to change?
Go back to the verses again. What should be the goal of your ongoing transformation?
According to God’s word, what role does God play in your transformation?
The transformation to Christ likeness will never happen on its own, without your will interacting with God’s revelation and leading. Take the courage to write down the answers to the questions above, and it may initiate the renewing of the mind that God prescribes for your transformation to move forward. Do more than believe God’s word. Embrace it. Respond to it. Be transformed by it.
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does. – James 1:23-25
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