May 17, 2026

“Total Commitment” - Part 2
Romans 12:1-2
Central Idea: As believers we are to totally commit our lives to God.
I. Live for God — 12:1
• Begin every day by committing yourself to be a living sacrifice.
II. How to live for God (2)
• “And”
• 12:1 _______ we do: “Live for God” - 12:2 _____ we live for God
• “do not be conformed”
• ________________
• Leviticus 18:3, 2 Kings 17:15, Ephesians 4:17, James 4:4
• ____________ tense — “stop ________ conformed to the world”
• It is the realization that this is a ________________ struggle.
• ____________ voice — action the subject is receiving
1. ________________ - Frog heating in the kettle
2. ________________ - Not resisting: allow, welcome, invite
• “conformed”
• Phillips - “Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its
own mold.” — ________-_____ — ________ & _________ you
• Don't let the ________ _____________ of the world cause you
to step away from Romans 12:1.
• “to this world” = Don’t be conformed to this present ______
1. The age in which we live — present age.
2. The age to come.
• When we ____________ the values and concerns of the world,
rather than God’s, we are conforming to this age.
• Note: God has given us much to ___________ in this world.
Application:
1. Only two choices either the ____________ way or ________ way.
• The world is always _________, always at _________ and always
_________ to God.
• You cannot be ____________ and overcome the world.
• You have to be ______________, ____________, ______________,
______________, and ______________.
2. Ask yourself: Where and in what ways has the world found its
way into my life?
• ____________ — money and material possessions
• _________ — popularity and acceptance
• ____________ — influence and control
• ____________ — sensual desires