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 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.

Romans12:1-2

Focal Points

1. Surrender Precedes Strategy [Romans 12:1]  

2. Renewal Precedes Direction [Romans 12:2]  

3. Abiding Precedes Fruitfulness [John 15:4-5]  

4. Personal Renewal Precedes Corporate Direction  [Romans 12:2; John 15:5]  

5. God’s Vision Flows Through Transformed People  [Romans 12:1-2; John 15:4-5]