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Rom 12:2 Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.

Rom 12:3 I'm speaking to you out of deep gratitude for all that God has given me, and especially as I have responsibilities in relation to you. Living then, as every one of you does, in pure grace, it's important that you not misinterpret yourselves as people who are bringing this goodness to God. No, God brings it all to you. The only accurate way to understand ourselves is by what God is and by what he does for us, not by what we are and what we do for him.

You're really showing how foolish you are when you live your life just trying to fit in to this temporary culture. Following the crowd is like a dog chasing it's tail because all the others in the crowd are trying to find someone to follow too.

There are some people, however, who step out and discover that there is a leader who will not fail. His name is Jesus. He proved His love for you on the cross. His love is perfect, and you do not have to fear someone who loves you perfectly. On the other hand, just being different because you hate following the crowd is really the same thing. You're still making decisions based on what the crowd is or isn't doing. You're just doing the opposite.

You take pride in being different, but that is not a worthy goal in life. It's fluff. What about having a REAL purpose? Well, we only achieve our real purpose by seeing ourselves like God sees us. If you've accepted Jesus as your replacement, then God sees perfection. "But I do bad stuff still?" you might say, and I would respond by saying - that's where you need to start thinking differently.

You DECIDE that what God says is true and what I feel, think, hear, or see that's opposite is NOT true. Deciding that every day is how you are transformed by the renewing of your mind.