What is a living sacrifice?
1. An ongoing and alive, not a one-time event
2. Total surrender

Present Your Bodies as a Living Sacrifice
1. Present is not just a spiritual act, but a physical one – our actions, habits and daily routines are all part of our worship

Present Your Bodies as a Living Sacrifice
1. Present is not just a spiritual act, but a physical one – our actions, habits and daily routines are all part of our worship
2. A living sacrifice is an ongoing offering – our whole selves
3. Worship is not just singing, but daily surrender – our spiritual act of worship

The Dangers of Conforming to this World
1. Reasons we must resist the worlds ways
a) Because they are evil

The Dangers of Conforming to this World
1. Reasons we must resist the worlds ways
a) Because they are evil
b) It is under Satan’s rule

The Dangers of Conforming to this World
1. Reasons we must resist the worlds ways
a) Because they are evil
b) It is under Satan’s rule
c) It is hostile to God and His children

The Dangers of Conforming to this World
1. Reasons we must resist the worlds ways
a) Because they are evil
b) It is under Satan’s rule
c) It is hostile to God and His children
d) The world is built on human wisdom and values

The Dangers of Conforming to this World
2. What causes us to conform to the world's patterns?
a) Believe that the world is more likely to allow us pleasure than God will
b) Find a certain exhilaration in rushing along with the world
c) We are afraid of what might happen if we really think about life and change
d) We are crippled by pride or a negative self-image and believe there really isn’t an alternative
e) We reject the life of service and humility necessary to conform ourselves to God’s pattern

The Dangers of Conforming to this World
3. Conforming to the world’s pattern will involve the following ways of thinking
a) We have a right to have all our desires fulfilled
b) We have a right to pursue and use power
c) We have a right to abuse people
d) We have a right to accumulate wealth for purely selfish reasons
e) We have a right to use personal abilities and wisdom for self-advancement rather than for serving others
f) We have a right to ignore or even hate God

The Dangers of Conforming to this World
4. We are to resist because His Kingdom is not of this world

The Call to be Transformed
1. Believers are to experience a complete transformation from the inside out and the change must begin in the mind.

The Call to be Transformed
1. Believers are to experience a complete transformation from the inside out and the change must begin in the mind.
2. Renewing your mind refers to a new way of thinking, a mind desiring to be conformed to God rather than to the world

R.C. Sproul
“The renewing of our minds is a lifelong process.”

The Call to be Transformed
1. Believers are to experience a complete transformation from the inside out and the change must begin in the mind.
2. Renewing your mind refers to a new way of thinking, a mind desiring to be conformed to God rather than to the world
3. Renew your mind by hiding God’s words in your heart
4. Renew your mind by preaching and teaching God’s Word
5. Renew your mind by worshipping (prayer, fasting, giving, serving and music)

The Result of Being Transformed
1. You will know God’s will for your life

The Result of Being Transformed
1. You will know God’s will for your life
2. God’swillis good
3. God’s will is pleasing to God
4. God’s will is perfect for each believer