A Living Sacrifice

“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…” – Romans 12:1,2 There is a famous quote by Norman Vincent Peale that I want to refer to today. He said: “Change your thoughts, change your world.” This is true 100% of the time, and it’s the title of one of my books. It is something I’ve seen over and over again in life, and throughout the Scriptures. One of the places we see this is Romans Chapter 12, a favorite of mine, where Paul explains this to the Roman church in what he writes to them. It begins when Paul says “…I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of