Romans 12:1-2

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Romans 12:1-2

Moved By Mercy

January 18, 2024 • Peter Denham • Romans 12:1–2

“No man is a fool to give up that which he cannot keep, to gain that which he can’t lose.” - Jim Elliot

POINT #1. Sacrifice is our service

"There is actually only one thing you can dedicate to God, and that is your right to yourself.” Oswald Chambers

POINT #2. Consecration is our call

JB Phillips: “…beg you, my brothers, as an act of intelligent worship, to give him your bodies, as a living sacrifice, consecrated to him and acceptable by him. Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold, but let God re-mold your minds from within…”

“But now, O Lord, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand.” (Isaiah 64:8)

For we are the temple of the living God. As God said: “I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.[e]17Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.[f] 18 And I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.[g]” 2 CORINTHIANS 6:16-18

POINT #3 Transformation is our testimony

JB Phillips: “so that you may prove in practice that the plan of God for you is good, meets all his demands and moves towards the goal of true maturity.”

2024-11-10 Peter Denham

November 10, 2024 • Peter Denham • John 15:1–11

Pete's "Swan Song" Pulpit Notes: -"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him." -John Piper -Abiding leads to abounding fruitfulness. Fruitfulness doesn’t come FROM activity for God. Rather, activity for God, and the fruit it bears, is a natural RESULT of my connection to God, or abiding in HIM. -“The Father’s Hands are Hands of Grace and Growth” - “Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.” -“If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all.” HEBREWS 12:8 -Dis-connection leads to Decay, Dysfunction, and (Destruction) -HOW DO WE ABIDE? A . GROW IN HIS LOVE (His love motivates and moves us) B . GROW IN HIS WORDS (We Receive, We meditate, We live)

2024-11-07 Cheyne Gallagher

November 7, 2024 • Cheyne Gallagher • Matthew 7:7–13

Ask, Seek, Knock Matthew 7:7-13 1. Ask 1a. Invitation—He is willing 1b. Promise—He is able 2. Seek 2a. Seek God’s Presence 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Matthew 7:2 2b. Seek God’s Voice Psalm 139:23-24 2c. Seek God’s Involvement 3. Knock Luke 11:5-8 Psalm 27:4-6

Transformed Vision

October 3, 2024 • Peter Denham • Isaiah 6:1–8

It's all in the angle from which you view it.