Week four in our Transform sermon series

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

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

4. May 21 + 22
Firstfruits Offering Weekend

5. T H E O N E W H O
T R A N S F O R M S

6. - 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”

7. Jesus Christ is
the One Who
TRANSFORMS

8. • 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!
THEONEWHOTRANSFORMS

9. The pressure
is off and
staying off.
1 word 4
2 groups

10. T H E O N E W H O
T R A N S F O R M S
If not us, who?
If not now, when?

11. T H E O N E W H O
T R A N S F O R M S
Do you want to
know and make
known the One
Who Transforms?

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. For as in one body we have many
members, and the members do
not all have the same function,
Romans 12:4

16. so we, though many, are one body
in Christ, and individually members
one of another.
Romans 12:5

17. 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

18. if service, in our serving; the one
who teaches, in his teaching;
Romans 12:7

19. 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

20. • 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

21. T H E O N E W H O
T R A N S F O R M S

22. • 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

23. 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

24. but be
transformed
by the
renewing of
your mind
R O M A N S 1 2 : 2