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If you had to describe your life right now in three words, what would they be?

Take It In

What does this reveal about who God is?

1. Read Romans 12:1-2.
   1. What words or phrases in these two verses stand out to you, and why?
   2. What does the picture of a “living sacrifice” teach us about the kind of surrender and worship God desires?
   3. Why do you think the mind is so significant to spiritual transformation?
   4. How might seeing God rightly change the way we approach surrender and the renewing of our minds?

Talk About It

How do we practically apply this?

1. When you look at recurring patterns in your life, what might they reveal about something you believe or have accepted as normal?
2. What are some thought patterns or beliefs that can become so familiar that we stop questioning whether they actually align with God’s truth?
3. How can we recognize when we are being conformed to the world rather than transformed by God?
4. What does it practically look like to replace an old way of thinking with the truth of God’s Word?

Take It Home

What are we doing this week?

Read James 1:22. 

1. What thought or internal agreement do you need to put “under interrogation” this week?
2. Where might you need to surrender your right to be right so that you can instead choose to do what is right?

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