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Turn over to Mark chapter 4.

Are there, is there anybody here that wasn't here last night?

Can I see you raise your hand?

Oh, we got quite a few people. Last night, I see you raise your hand. Oh, we got quite a few people.

Last night, I started talking about basics of maturity.

And I'm going to have four sessions during this weekend.

And so the first thing I talked about last night was Romans

chapter 12 verse one and I basically said that until you become a living sacrifice you will never mature as a Christian.

If your life is all about yourself and if you are still self-centered and self-focused and

if you love yourself more than you love God, you will never reach maturity as a Christian.

That's a huge statement. That's a big statement and I would say that the vast majority over 50% of all believers are still just totally wrapped up in themselves.

And that is not the way that God meant it to be. So I talked about that last night. What I want to talk about tonight is basically Romans chapter 12 verse 2.

Verse 1 says that's what I covered last night. It says I beseech you therefore

brethren by the mercies of God that you present your body a living sacrifice

wholly acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service.

This is not just for the full-time ministers, this is for everybody.

It's reasonable service.

If Jesus died for us, we should live for him.

And then verse two says,

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