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Why cant I get it like other people September 27th, 2015 Romans 12:1-8 Slide 2 Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Slide 3 You your body -is important to God Slide 4 Slide 5 Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 But it starts in our thinking Slide 9 Slide 10 Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Slide 11 Romans 12:3 For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. Slide 12 Romans 12:4 For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, Slide 13 Organism and organized The word members is a biblical word Slide 14 Organism and organized The word members is a biblical word Not something we stole from Costco Slide 15 Organism and organized The word members is a biblical word Not something we stole from Costco As disciples we are not merely consumers Slide 16 Organism and organized The word members is a biblical word Not something we stole from Costco As disciples we are not merely consumers We are a part of with a presence & function Slide 17 Organism and organized The word members is a biblical word Not something we stole from Costco As disciples we are not merely consumers We are a part of with a presence & function Additional scripture: 1 Corinthians 12 Slide 18 1 Corinthians 12: 17-18 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. Slide 19 1 Corinthians 12: 17-18 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. Slide 20 The sneaky threat Birds of a feather flock together Slide 21 The sneaky threat Birds of a feather flock together Even, (especially?), in the people of God Slide 22 The sneaky threat Birds of a feather flock together Even, (especially?), in the people of God We develop an us and them mentality Slide 23 The sneaky threat Birds of a feather flock together Even, (especially?), in the people of God We develop an us and them mentality Unwittingly we set our value on our deeds Slide 24 The sneaky threat Birds of a feather flock together Even, (especially?), in the people of God We develop an us and them mentality Unwittingly we set our value on our deeds Judgement enters the heart Slide 25 The sneaky threat Birds of a feather flock together Even, (especially?), in the people of God We develop an us and them mentality Unwittingly we set our value on our deeds Judgement enters the heart Division is birthed, the enemy rejoices Slide 26 The sneaky threat Birds of a feather flock together Even, (especially?), in the people of God We develop an us and them mentality Unwittingly we set our value on our deeds Judgement enters the heart Division is birthed, the enemy rejoices You & your church will not reach full potential Slide 27 Romans 14:4 Who are you to judge the servant of another? Slide 28 Romans 12:5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Slide 29 Why were doing Slide 30 Living with a disability Who would voluntarily choose a disability? Slide 31 Living with a disability Who would voluntarily choose a disability? Disconnected equals disabled Slide 32 Living with a disability Who would voluntarily choose a disability? Disconnected equals disabled The corollary is true Slide 33 Living with a disability Who would voluntarily choose a disability? Disconnected equals disabled The corollary is true Reconnecting means re-enabled Slide 34 Living with a disability Who would voluntarily choose a disability? Disconnected equals disabled The corollary is true Reconnecting means re-enabled There is a mutual benefit Slide 35 Living with a disability Who would voluntarily choose a disability? Disconnected equals disabled The corollary is true Reconnecting means re-enabled There is a mutual benefit Our churchs DNA we will always be a transplanting church Need a healthy body to do that Slide 36 Romans 12:6 Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: Slide 37 Romans 12:6-8 if prophecy, according to proportion of faith; if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching; or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. Slide 38 your life matters Therefore: Recognize.... Slide 39 your life matters that Jesus transformed and transforms us Therefore: Recognize.... Slide 40 your life matters that Jesus transformed and transforms us you are going to see things differently than others Therefore: Recognize.... Slide 41 your life matters that Jesus transformed and transforms us you are going to see things differently than others you do not need to be spiritually disabled Therefore: Recognize.... Slide 42 your life matters that Jesus transformed and transforms us you are going to see things differently than others you do not need to be spiritually disabled you are divinely placed in a church body Therefore: Recognize.... Slide 43 your life matters that Jesus transformed and transforms us you are going to see things differently than others you do not need to be spiritually disabled you are divinely placed in a church body God is working through you, even now Therefore: Recognize....