puricare chronicles: TRANSFORMED OR CONFORMED? - Some Christians mature and some don't - growth comes from viewing ourselves as "living sacrifices" and letting God transform our minds. We are not to conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind - regularly transforming our minds with Biblical influences. Let's refuse to be milk-fed babies and feed on the meat of the Gospel so we can grow up in our faith - "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." - - After my conversion, I had an initial burst of renewal. I devoured my Bible and Christian books, and eagerly sought Christian teaching, fellowship and worship. Many new believers experience this dramatic change in desires and worldview. Romans 12:1-2 says growth comes from viewing ourselves as "living sacrifices" and letting God transform our minds. It's good to evaluate our growth periodically: Are our lives still on God's altar? Are we regularly transforming our minds with Biblical influences? Let's refuse to be milk-fed babies and feed on the meat of the Gospel so we can grow up in our faith!

Saturday, September 12, 2020

TRANSFORMED OR CONFORMED? - Some Christians mature and some don't - growth comes from viewing ourselves as "living sacrifices" and letting God transform our minds. We are not to conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind - regularly transforming our minds with Biblical influences. Let's refuse to be milk-fed babies and feed on the meat of the Gospel so we can grow up in our faith - "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." - - After my conversion, I had an initial burst of renewal. I devoured my Bible and Christian books, and eagerly sought Christian teaching, fellowship and worship. Many new believers experience this dramatic change in desires and worldview. Romans 12:1-2 says growth comes from viewing ourselves as "living sacrifices" and letting God transform our minds. It's good to evaluate our growth periodically: Are our lives still on God's altar? Are we regularly transforming our minds with Biblical influences? Let's refuse to be milk-fed babies and feed on the meat of the Gospel so we can grow up in our faith!

Some Christians mature and some don't. This 1-minute devotion addresses the reason and invites us to examine our walk with Christ.

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Romans 12-2 Beautiful. But I would rather take notes on the sidelines and highlight other verses...

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Some Christians mature and some don't - growth comes from viewing ourselves as "living sacrifices" and letting God transform our minds. We are not to conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind - regularly transforming our minds with Biblical influences. Let's refuse to be milk-fed babies and feed on the meat of the Gospel so we can grow up in our faith

Gail Burton Purath

"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." - Romans 12:1-2

After my conversion, I had an initial burst of renewal.

I devoured my Bible and Christian books, and eagerly sought Christian teaching, fellowship and worship.

Many new believers experience this dramatic change in desires and worldview.

But this fervency often wanes.

Have you wondered why some Christians mature and some don't?

Romans 12:1-2 says growth comes from viewing ourselves as "living sacrifices" and letting God transform our minds.

It's good to evaluate our growth periodically:

· Are our lives still on God's altar?

· Are we regularly transforming our minds with Biblical influences? (See Transforming our Minds)

Let's refuse to be milk-fed babies and feed on the meat of the Gospel so we can grow up in our faith! (See Hebrews 5:11-14 and Solid Food Faith.)

Hi! I'm Gail Burton Purath. I started Bible Love Notes to give people a minute of Scriptural encouragement in their busy day.

I don't have all the answers, but

since I asked Christ to be my Lord and Savior in 1974, I've been learning from the One Who has all the answers!

I'm still a sinner, a learner, a student who falls down and disappoints God at times. But it's my desire to grow closer to the Lord, day by day, minute by minute.

I need to be challenged, encouraged, corrected and comforted, and I think you do as well...so let's learn together about the love of God--a love that is so vast that we will always be discovering new and wonderful things about it.

Some Personal stuff:

I married my best friend Michael in 1970.

We have a grown son and daughter and 7 delightful grandchildren.

I've been a student of the Bible for 40 years

I'm a former Army wife, former homeschooler, and former missionary to Budapest, Hungary

I was born in Colorado, but I'm a "nomad" having moved about 40 times in my life!

I never graduated from college, but I have a Masters in Discipleship and Evangelism from seminary.

https://biblelovenotes.blogspot.com/2016/08/transformed-or-conformed.html