ReadThis Firstfruits Offering Weekend we look into Romans 12:1-8 to experience The One Who Transforms.

PrayThis weekend we conclude our 4-week journey of prayer together through Romans 12:1-8.

May 21 + 22Firstfruits Offering Weekend

T H E O N E W H OT R A N S F O R M S

- We don’t have hats... yet... but we do have coffee mugs.

- Neither “TRANSFORM” nor “Goodwill” are household names, except maybe in our households, but...

- The One Who TRANSFORMS is the ultimate household name!

our “shrimp”

Jesus Christ is the One Who TRANSFORMS

• to buy and renovate our New Paltz site in 2 years for the praise of the One Who TRANSFORMS!

• to buy and renovate our Port Jervis site in 1 year for the praise of the One Who TRANSFORMS!

• to improve our Montgomery campus a little for the praise of the One Who TRANSFORMS!

• to pay down our Montgomery mortgage, releasing resources to praise the One Who TRANSFORMS!

• to TRANSFORM and be TRANSFORMED as we praise the One Who TRANSFORMS!T

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The pressure is off and staying off.

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T H E O N E W H OT R A N S F O R M S

If not us, who? If not now, when?

T H E O N E W H OT R A N S F O R M S

Do you want to know and make known the One Who Transforms?

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Romans 12:1

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 12:2

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

Romans 12:3

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function,

Romans 12:4

so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

Romans 12:5

Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;

Romans 12:6

if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching;

Romans 12:7

the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Romans 12:8

• God is calling each of us to engage in and experience sacrifice for His Kingdom.

• Christ blesses us through His Sacrifice in order to bless us through ours.

• A life of blessing is a life of giving, a life transformed by Jesus Christ.

The Who, How, and What of Generosity

T H E O N E W H OT R A N S F O R M S

• Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce;

• then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.

Proverbs 3:9-10

Let us pray briefly before, during, and after our bringing our firstfruits offerings and/or our commitment cards (for those who couldn’t or didn’t last weekend).

Firstfruits

but betransformed by the renewing of your mind

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