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TRANSFORMERS

Explore the essence of Christianity through reflections on mercy, grace, and transformation from scriptures. Delve into the concept of being a living sacrifice and the power of God's mercy in our lives. Discover the significance of offering ourselves as a connection to His divine grace. Learn the difference between cheap grace and costly grace, and how true transformation comes from aligning with God's will. This profound journey of faith and obedience will inspire you to live a life pleasing to Him and experience the limitless glory of being transformed into His likeness.

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TRANSFORMERS

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  1. TRANSFORMERS Be transformed! Micah 6:6-8 Romans 12:1-8

  2. Is Christianity ‘trying to be good’? (Romans 12:3-21) 37 Commandments!! ‘Trying to be good … so God will be nice to me’ “I know that nothing good lives in my sinful nature … I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out! What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me?”Romans 7:18,24

  3. = ‘ - trying to be good’ ‘ - receiving = God’s mercy’

  4. My goodness His mercy ↑ ↑ connection “Offer your bodies as living sacrifices”

  5. Cart = My goodness Horse = God’s mercy Shafts = My offering connecting to His power

  6. GOD’S MERCY Grace is when we get what we don’t deserve Mercy is when we don’t get what we do deserve “We were dead in transgressions and sins …. but because of His great love for us God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ” Ephesians 2:1,4 “The quality of mercy is not strained …”

  7. DIETRICH BONHOEFFER “Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting today for costly grace.” “Grace alone does everything, they say, and so everything can remain as it was before”

  8. MY GOODNESS! 1 Worship (1) - ‘spiritual act of worship’, ‘reasonable service’ 2 Obedience (2) - testing and approving God’s will 3 Service (3-21) - lovingly meeting the needs of others

  9. MY OFFERING / HIS POWER “The problem with a living sacrifice is that it keeps crawling off the altar” D.L.MOODY ‘Living sacrifice’? Exactly what God wants! (‘ … holy and pleasing to Him’) NOT conformed but TRANSFORMED!!

  10. GOD IS FOR US 52 readings from Romans Simon Ponsonby Monarch Books £12.99 “ - offer your bodies”

  11. METAMORPHOSIS (‘be transformed’)

  12. “We, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being TRANSFORMED into his likeness with ever-increasing glory”2 Corinthians 3:18 TRANSFIGURATION

  13. “We, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being TRANSFORMED into his likeness with ever-increasing glory” ARE WE? If only …

  14. Jesus Christ, I think upon Your sacrificeYou became nothing, poured out to deathMany times I've wondered at Your gift of lifeAnd I'm in that place once againI'm in that place once againJesus Christ, I think upon Your sacrificeYou became nothing, poured out to deathMany times I've wondered at Your gift of lifeAnd I'm in that place once againI'm in that place once again

  15. And once again I look upon the cross where You diedI'm humbled by Your mercy and I'm broken insideOnce again I thank YouOnce again I pour out my lifeNow You are exalted to the highest placeKing of the heavensWhere one day I'll bowBut for now I marvel at this saving graceAnd I'm full of praise once againI'm full of praise once again!

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