Week 1 of our 4-week sermon series called Transform, based on Romans 12:1-8

2. Read
This weekend we look at Romans 12:1-8
through the grid of SACRIFICE.

3. Pray
This weekend we begin a 4-week journey of
prayer together through Romans 12:1-8.

4. one
person
April 30 + May 01
Transform Kick-Off Weekend

5. • to buy and renovate our New Paltz site in 2 years to
unleash its ministry potential for the next 40 years
• to buy and renovate a Port Jervis site in 1 year to
unleash its ministry potential for the next 40 years
• to make vital improvements at our Montgomery site,
the hub of our growing network of churches
• to pay down our Montgomery mortgage, releasing
critical resources to make the most of our future
• to have fun, rejoice, and have more people and
families than ever TRANSFORMED in the process!

6. 1. How much do you want
to present your body,
meaning everything you
have and everything you
are, to God as a living
sacrifice?
Two Questions

7. 2. How much do you want
God to transform you
by the renewing of your
mind? How much do
you want this for others?
Two Questions

8. The pressure
is off and it
will stay off.
1 word 4
2 groups

10. “Whoever destroys a soul, it is
considered as if he destroyed
an entire world. And whoever
saves a life, it is considered as
if he saved an entire world.”

12. The Mercies of God =
The Gospel of Christ

13. • Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God..
• Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but
the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
• Romans 5:8 - But God shows his love for us in that
while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
• Romans 10:9 - If you confess with your mouth that
Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God
raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

14. I appeal to you therefore, brothers,
by the mercies of God, to present
your bodies as a living sacrifice,
holy and acceptable to God,
which is your spiritual worship.
Romans 12:1

15. Do not be conformed to this
world, but be transformed by the
renewal of your mind, that by
testing you may discern what is
the will of God, what is good and
acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2

16. For by the grace given to me I say
to everyone among you not to
think of himself more highly than
he ought to think, but to think with
sober judgment, each according
to the measure of faith that God
has assigned.
Romans 12:3

17. For as in one body we have many
members, and the members do
not all have the same function,
Romans 12:4

18. so we, though many, are one body
in Christ, and individually members
one of another.
Romans 12:5

19. Having gifts that differ according
to the grace given to us, let us
use them: if prophecy, in
proportion to our faith;
Romans 12:6

20. if service, in our serving; the one
who teaches, in his teaching;
Romans 12:7

21. the one who exhorts, in his
exhortation; the one who
contributes, in generosity; the one
who leads, with zeal; the one who
does acts of mercy, with
cheerfulness.
Romans 12:8

22. 1. How much do you want
to present your body,
meaning everything you
have and everything you
are, to God as a living
sacrifice?
Two Questions

23. 2. How much do you want
God to transform you
by the renewing of your
mind? How much do
you want this for others?
Two Questions

24. How much did God
sacrifice for you?
final question

26. We remember... His sacrifice
communion

27. but be
transformed
by the
renewing of
your mind
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