12:1 – Worship: Present Yourself Therefore, I
urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as
a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper
worship.
Do you give your "all in all" to Him daily?
Verses 2-3 – Worship: Renew Your Mind. Do
not conform 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. For by the grace given me I
say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought,
but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith
God has distributed to each of you.
How has your concept of worship changed over the
years?
Verses 4-8 – Worship: Use Your Gifts For just
as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have
the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one
body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have
different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is
prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if
it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if
it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give
generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it
cheerfully.
How do you use your mind, tongue, body, and
spiritual gifts to worship God?
What commitment to change do you need to
make?
Be wise today and always – worship God
with your life.
