Today’s passage: Romans 12:1-2
Helpful thoughts:
- All of the things we have learned from Romans 1-11 should result in something. That something is a transformation toward the whole-hearted, whole-life worship of Almighty God.
- This worship is not simply a mental acknowledgement. What we learn and understand will result in a change, a transformation, in the purpose of our living. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
- This transformation does not effect only a portion of our lives (Or one morning out of our week), it changes everything.
- God’s will is good, acceptable (Or pleasing), and perfect.
Questions to consider:
- Why is it only right to want to live a life pleasing to God? What truths from the first 11 chapters of Romans (Or even simply Romans 11:33-36) encourage you to follow Him?
- If we are to be transformed by the renewing of our minds (Changing our thinking according to the truth), how would we remain conformed to the world in certain ways? How do different ways of thinking enter our minds? Who gives us suggestions on how we should think? How well do you think you do in running the world’s philosophies through the grid of Scripture…versus running Scripture through the grid of the world’s philosophies? How would one grow in thinking biblically?
- If “discerning” God’s will doesn’t mean being able to predict the future (Which it doesn’t), what does it mean? How does this transformation regarding our thinking impact the way we view the things going on around us every day? How would the pursuit of God’s will cause us to think more about what we are doing and less about the quality of our circumstances?