16 | Romans 12
Scripture
Primary Text:
Romans 12
Supplemental Text:
John 6:40, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, 1 Peter 2:15, Hebrews 13:16, Galatians 5:6
Observations and Applications:
Read Romans 12:1-2.
- What worldly patterns are easy to conform to?
- What is the behavior that derails you? What is the lie you believe?
- How can you renew your mind?
Read Romans 12:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, and John 6:40.
- According to these scriptures, what is God’s Will?
- You can use the Blue Letter Bible App or Strong’s Concordance to look up more verses about God’s Will (Ex. 1 Thessalonians 4:3, 1 Peter 2:15, Hebrews 13:16).
Read Romans 12:9-21.
- What does sincere love require?
In different translations, Romans 12:9-21 is titled, “Love in Action” and “Christian Ethics.”
- How do you live out these “Christian ethics” at your job?
- What does "love in action” look like in your home?
Read Galatians 5:6.
- How have you experienced faith working through love?
- If you haven’t placed your faith in Jesus yet, you can start today!
- If you are discouraged by parts of your life that don’t line up with this scripture, ask God to reveal the condition of your relationship with Him, and ask God to continue changing you one degree at a time.
Prayer
Pray and ask God to reveal the condition of your relationship with Him. Ask Him to continue to transform you one degree by one degree. Ask Him to reveal how you can let your faith work through love as you are being sanctified and made more like Him.
Key Words
- Conform – to press into, to be shaped by; transitory, unstable, changeable (1 Peter 1:14)
- Transform - to change into another form one degree by another; spiritual transformation comes through the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18)
- Renew – ongoing, process, a journey to be made new; renovate (Philippians 1:6)
Resources
Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life by Craig Groeschel
I Declare War: Four Keys to Winning the Battle with Yourself by Levi Lusco
The New Strong's Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
Blue Letter Bible – Romans 12
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