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Transformation       “Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.   And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.   For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith” (Romans 12:1-3).       We have already learned from Romans 12:1-2 that the key to a life of spiritual worship is change or transformation.   The question is, are we transforming or are we deteriorating?   What is truly amazing is the lives of our Christians, who do not transform even though we worship hundreds of times and say countless times...

Transformation       [Romans 12:1-3]     We have already learned from Romans 12:1-2 that the key to a life of spiritual worship is change or transformation.   The question is, are we transforming or are we deteriorating?   What is truly amazing is the lives of our Christians, who do not transform even though we worship hundreds of times and say countless times that we have received grace from the word of God.   How are we to explain this?   Even the pastors, who are preachers of the Word, seem to give up lamenting at the unchanging appearance of the saints.   And from the standpoint of the congregants listening to the Word, criticism and dissatisfaction do not seem to stop at the unchanging appearance of the preacher.   How should we explain the appearance of Christians who do not change no matter how much we worship, even though we seem to faithfully handle worship, which is a religious ceremony, even out of habit? ...

Worship-witnesses           [Romans 12:1-2]     What is your life purpose?   What are you living for?   In the book “Purpose Driven Life” by Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church, he says there are 5 benefits to living a purpose driven life (Warren):   (1)    The first benefit is that knowing purpose gives meaning to life.   Without God there can be no purpose in life, and life without purpose is meaningless.   Without meaning there is no importance or hope.   A young man in his 20s wrote: ‘I must be a failure because I am struggling to become something, but I don't really know what I am trying to become. All I know how to do is live roughly.   One day I will feel that I am beginning to live only when I find my purpose in life.’   Are we living while feeling the meaning of life?   (2)    The second benefit is that life becomes simpler when we know our purp...