- Please keep the family of Katheryn Kothmann in your prayers she went home to be with her Lord this morning.
- The Food Pantry is again very low on groceries. If you can help with canned goods, peanut butter, etc., it will be a big help. You can drop items off at the Methodist Church during business hours. If you want to bring them by our office, I will be happy to deliver them for you.
- If you brought items for VBS please pick them up in the fellowship hall.
- You are invited to join in a Prayer Walk around the Junction school campus on Sunday evening, August 21, 7:30 PM in front of the High school. The purpose is to pray for the school campus, teachers, administrators, staff and students at the start of the new school year.
- August 21 and 28 are designated as Undie Sundays please bring new socks and underwear sizes 3T through Child Large for us to give to Head Start and Junction Elementary
Romans 12:1-13 (ESV)
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. [2] 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. [3] 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. [4] For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, [5] so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. [6] Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; [7] if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; [8] 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. [9] Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. [10] Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. [11] Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. [12] Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. [13] Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.
Questions for Reflection
1. What influences have significantly shaped your life?
2. How is the Christian to be different from unbelieving people? (12:2)3. What did Paul use the human body to illustrate? (12:4-5)
4. What makes Christians different from one another? (12:4-6)
5. In what way are all Christians alike? (12:4-6)
6. To what worldly life-styles or values do we typically conform?
7. What are the patterns of the world that tempt us to conform?
8. How can a Christian renew his or her mind?
9. How can the gifts God bestows on Christians help others in the church or community?
