Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is: His good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:1-2 NIV

Prayer: Almighty, gracious Father, since our whole salvation depends on our true understanding of Your Holy Word, grant that our hearts, freed from worldly affairs, may hear and understand Your Holy Word with all diligence and faith, so that we may rightly discern Your gracious will, cherish it, and live by it with all earnestness, to Your praise and honor, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Martin Bucer, Pastor and Theologian, (1491 – 1551)