Change the Way you Think
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. – Romans 12:2
WEEK 1 (March 1 – March 7, 2021)
Be a Living Sacrifice to God
By Hope McCardy & Rashad McCardy
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. – Romans 12:1-2 (NLT)
Just imagine Father God sitting down one day, pondering and contemplating as to:
How can I save my beautiful creation that has chosen a life of sin and has ventured astray? I love them so much that I must find a way to bring them back into fellowship with Me.
Alas, there is but one way. A perfect sacrifice. But where can I find such a God-fearing, sinless candidate?
He sighs as He hangs His head down in the heartbreaking realization that only His Son – His One and only Son – is the only One qualified for the job.
So, with a heavy heart, He succumbs. His great love for mankind pushes Him to consent to the perfect sacrifice.
Thus, armed with genuine agape love for you and me, He permits His precious Son to be crucified to save needy sinners like us.
May God’s tender heart towards us motivate us to make the wise decision to accept His will for our lives.
My Prayer
Lord, with the apt assistance of Jesus, my Savior, and the Holy Spirit, my guide, I choose to seek to move towards walking in Your perfect will daily. Help me, I pray, to select, even today, what is good, pleasing, and perfect in Your sight. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Memo to Self
Purposefully stop and consider a few times a day:
- Is what I’m thinking about aligning with God’s will?
- Are my actions acceptable to Him?
And then intentionally choose to be a living sacrifice to God.
Changing the Way you Think
- My Old Way of Thinking: It’s all about me.
- My New Way of Thinking: It’s all about God’s will for my life.
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