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There are 3 questions everyone, regardless of culture, economic status, or even religious conviction will ask themselves. Who am I? Where do I belong? And what am I supposed to do? The answers to those questions may not be as difficult as you might suppose. Chip will reveals how you can begin to answer those questions for yourself.

Three questions we all ask ourselves:

1. Who am I? (Identity)
2. Where do I belong? (Security)
3. What am I supposed to do? (Significance)

Why is it so hard to answer these questions?

• Genesis 3:8-13

Three obstacles to getting right answers:

1. Fear rooted in SHAME.
2. Hiding rooted in INSECURITY.
3. Blaming rooted in denial.

God’s Answers: Romans 12:3-8

1. Who are you? -Romans 12:3
   • The Command: Think ACCURATELY about yourself.
2. Where do you belong? -Romans 12:4-5
   • The Reason: You have a ROLE to fill.
3. What are you supposed to do? -Romans 12:6-8
   • The Practice: Discover and DEPLOY your spiritual gift.

Never forget who you really are!

1. God uniquely created you – you are ETERNALLY VALUABLE. -Psalm139:13-14
2. God placed you in His family – you are UNCONDITIONALLY ACCEPTED. -Ephesians 3:19-22
3. God gifted you to fulfill His purpose – you are IRREPLACEABLY SIGNIFICANT. -Ephesians 2:10

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There's a way to experience real life change, and it isn’t about trying harder; it’s about a completely new way of thinking.

Negative Command: “Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world…”

• Passive voice
• Imperative
• Present tense

Translation: “Stop allowing yourselves to be molded by the influences and pressures of this present world system.”

Application: We are to be SEPARATE from the world’s values. -1 Jn. 2:15-17

Summary: The world’s system seeks to SEDUCE us from our love for Christ by PLEASURE, POSSESSIONS, and POSITION.

Positive Command: “…but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”

• Passive voice
• Imperative
• Present tense

Translation: “But allow God to completely change your inward thinking and outward behavior by cooperating wholeheartedly moment-by-moment with the Spirit’s renewing process.”

Application: Are you shaped more by the WORLD or the WORD? -Mat. 4:4; 2 Cor. 3:18

The means of transformation: “…by the renewing of your mind.”

• Renewing your mind is a continual REFOCUS of a Romans 12:1 perspective.
• Renewing your mind will always involve a BATTLE.
• Renewing your mind is a SUPERNATURAL work of the Spirit.

Practical methods for “Renewing Your Mind”

1. HEARING God’s Word -Rom. 10:17
2. Use your TIME wisely. Be in the Word
3. READ God’s Word -Rev. 1:3
4. STUDY God’s Word -2 Tim. 2:15
5. MEMORIZE God’s Word -Psa. 119:9,11
6. MEDITATE on God’s Word -Jos. 1:8

A tool for transformation: The “2PROAPT” Method

Broadcast Resources

• Message Notes

Additional Resources

• Become a Monthly Partner
• True Spirituality Book
• Take the Real You Assessment Free
• What Every New Believer Needs to Know

Connect

• 888-333-6003
• Website
• Chip Ingram App
• Instagram
• Facebook
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Partner With Us

• Donate Online
• 888-333-6003