HAHarvey Walden
21 hours agoJourney Church Sermon Reflection: Romans 12:1-2 with Pastor Bob Schwahn
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | June 14, 2026
Referenced Scripture:
Romans 1:16-17, Romans 12:1-2
Reflection Questions:
1. Where in your spiritual life have you struggled to see the change you have wanted to see? What has made that change difficult for you? What area of your life do you find yourself regularly disobeying God?
Read Romans 12:1-2
2. “Therefore”
What is the “therefore” there for? What is Paul referring back to at the beginning of chapter 12?
3. “In view of God’s mercy”
Why would reflecting on the grace and the mercy of God provide motivation and a catalyst to desire change in your life or obey God? Have you ever obeyed out of fear rather than gratitude? What is the challenge/problem of letting fear be the motivation to surrender your life to God?
4. Take a few minutes to reflect on the cross of Jesus and on how you have seen the grace and mercy of God in your life. Share some of the ways you have seen God’s mercy. Take a few minutes to thank God in prayer for what He has done.
5. What does it mean to “offer your body as a living sacrifice”? What are examples of how you have done this or should be doing this? Are there any areas of your life that you are holding back from God? Explain. What makes these areas of your life difficult to surrender to God?
6. “True and proper” is literally translated “logical” (greek: logicon)
Why is surrender to God the only “logical” response to the good news of the gospel?
7. “Do not conform to the pattern of this world”
What does it mean to conform to the pattern of this world?
What assumptions do I hold that come more from culture than Scripture? How does the world think differently than God in the areas of success, happiness, identity, sexuality, money, or power?
8. Where am I adopting cultural values instead of biblical values? Where do I need to renew my thinking?
9. Why do you think that transformation begins first in the renewing of our mind?
10. What content fills my mind? What voices are the loudest in my mind? Does it move me toward Christ or away from Him? Explain…
11. What practices are helpful to you to renew your mind and have God’s perspective over the perspective of this world? Where do you need to grow in renewing your mind? How will you do this?
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