As we look at Romans 12 we are seeing Paul not giving us his opinion but Gods, for Religion is manmade and Christianity is Gods plan as we accept His Divine plane of good will and peace to all. We are a part of the Kingdom of God, not the kingdom of Satan’s, for he is out to destroy everything that is the truth. We have a duty to press on in the truth of His words and can’t do right without abiding in the vine Jesus. We need to understand the foundation of how to receive faith that God gave us all the size of a mustard seed, so it can grow as it is rooted in the Lords way, truth and life, so it produces good will and fruit regardless of the Circumstance.

There is a great deal of duty that God prescribes in order for us to grow in grace and mercy. Every race we run requires getting in shape in order to complete the task before us every day. It is excepting practical doctrinal truths, so we can be justified by faith which Paul discussed in the previous chapters. We do not get to do what we want, or see what we want, we get to have our eyes fixed on the goals of one day seeing the Lord as He is; loving, good and kind, as He has prepared the way to heaven for us as we rest or abide in Him.

So we have three duties, 1. We have a duty to listen to God, hear His voice. 2 It is a personal walk or personal duty. 3. We have a duty to our brothers, and people created by God. We are humans needing the way, truth and life as we obey God words.
It is God grace that teaches us to live godly, soberly and righteously and deny all that which is contrary. We are going to see in this chapter the understanding what godliness, sobriety and righteousness are all intermixed.
Romans 12

Living Sacrifices to God 12 I beseech[a] you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your [b]reasonable service. Paul is wanting us to make sure we understand the mercies of God requires us to take control of our bodies five senses, which are carnal, ears are for hearing, eyes for seeing danger, mouth for eating food to grow, nose for making sure we smell our food and stay away from fowl food. The we have skin that keeps us from all bactrial that inflicts us, causing us to feel bad and unhealthy. Then we all have a soul, conscience that give us the feeling of all is well for we make mistakes and when we repent our consciences are alive and will. We see today anything goes and it is seen by the chaos around the world. Then we all have an imagination that seem to be out of control for we are seeing nothing as impossible, man can do anything. But is it right and benefiting all. Look at our reasons for doing what we do, is many time destroying what us humanin and proper, as our memory so easily forgets what happen in the past and rather than become better we are getting bitter towards one another.  So our affection is geared to pleasing self and we can’t please self or others. Lord help us to see how easy it is living in sin to not have control for the simple reason we are not aware of the Spirit of God with in us all that has five areas that affect us. 1. Faith-who is in in Man-Satan or God. 2. Hopeis given to all but who do we hope in God self or Satan. 3. Worship is shown by who you are guided by and listen to, God or Satan? 4. Reverence is what give us pride of ownership or causes us to be ashamed and we do not care what we do or say until we repent and are forgiven. 5. Prayer is something we can’t get along without. For God wants to answer our prayers so we can be what He created us to be. Are you seeing the power that you were created with as you present your body as a living sacrifice to God will? It’s as God empowers us, that we are able to achieve our potential He created us with, and everyone has abilities and talents that either are a blessing to mankind or are a curse to mankind. Lord help us to realize we are not able to be good without a spiritual bend in life. To be holy is a choice and if it is not chosen there is no holiness, purity, or good mental health. This I hope is reasonable to understand for without becoming like God, we are unholy as filthy rags.  I say and please 2. do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. It is so easy to be conformed to the way of the world, for we are taught to do our thing, which leads to no one being happy. Lord help us to see others are affected by what we say and do, for we are all living together in a world that needs order. It is proven when people are together anything can be accomplished. Today the technology is improving so fast it is taking over our kids and they are mesmerized by how easy it is to maneuver from one pic to other and never get bored. When it is taken away the child has a tantrum and we are seeing adults having tantrums that show disorder and dysfunctional behavior and attitude around the world for they can’t seem to discipline. This is caused for the simple reason we have forgotten to discipline ourselves in the mind and given ourselves to the things of the world. God wants us to prove Him and see that He is able to give us the ability to manage what we have to where it does not control us, but we are able to control whatever our hands have been given to do by Gods, Holy Spirit when we accept His mercy and grace is sufficient to give us giving us the ability to overcome our anger and it is used as a force to fight off evils hold on our attitude, or behavior. Don’t give you anger away, but use in for the good of mankind. Serve God with Spiritual Gifts 3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. Paul was speaking from the understanding given to Him at Salvation. For He witnessed God grace given to him to stop what he was doing and begin to listen to the voice of God. Gods voice is being heard today as it has never been heard, for He seems to be screaming, come unto me all you that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest. As we are seeing starvation, runaway inflation, indebtedness’, crime’ drugs, sexual acting out, dysfunctionalism like never before. For people think they are ok doing whatever they want as if they were on a drunk, or high on drugs. Lord help us to sober up and see imagination that is vivid showing reality that is Godly and purifying to all 4 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.  Thank the Lord we can understand the importance of the body when it is in good working order to ward off imperfection and impurities of this world we are involved with every day. Every one of us in the family of God have been chosen by God to be a apart of His body, so man can take the head ship of the marriage, for it is God that gives us a job in His family. Just like our eyes to not argue with our ears; they take commands from the mind. We are in Christ and His mind is what propels us to do His will and not our will. We are all individuals in the Church wanting Gods way to be done. We do not clash with one another, but work together for the good of one another. We stand in relation to one another doing good to one another, encouraging one another for we are on the same field in our big world.  We need to comfort one another more today than any time in my life.6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; It is amazing how everyone created by God, that becomes saved has gifts and talents that differ from one another, not to be abused, but developed to be of use. We are never put on the shelf, but to be used by Gods might powerful hand according to our faith. Grace is given by God as we accept who we are in Him. It is grace that God gave to all to become His children, but do all follow the Lord? We are going to see 7 gifts as distinct offices God uses for the glory of the Church’s benefit. Prophesying is a gift given according to our faith. That faith is one who has studied and knows the inside working of the Holy Spirit telling of things that are going to come to pass. To Be Continued

Lord thank you for understanding, and giving us knowledge to use wisdom in what we do and say that allows us to be of goodwill and peace the way God created us to be. As we look at Proverbs 16 we see God wants us to have Wisdom that is greater than being the richest man of earth.
Proverbs 16
New King James Version
Wisdom Is Better Than Gold
16 The preparations[a] of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. See we are in control of what we see, hear, smell, taste and feel in the body, so our tongues are controlled by the Spirit of God as we worship, reverence, have faith and hope in God to answer our prayers. I have to take ownership of how God created me with a soul to be able to imagine, have a conscience, memory, reason to be controlled by my affection toward Gods love.
2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the spirits. Are you seeing the riches of your spirits desire for more and more of the blessing of the Lord as you seek and find He is able to minister to your every need. He created us to give our total being to His glory so the addictions of evil will not tempt us to do what is wrong, for wrong is never going to be right. We are see today wrong as right and right as wrong and it is seen in how lawlessness is common to day.
3 Commit[b] your works to the Lord, And your thoughts will be established. We are either controlled by God, or automatically controlled by Satan’s addictions that destroy one’s identity. God loves us and all one has to do is look at all He created for our enjoyment. Then look at what is going on with human nature, we are insane and out of control not wanting Law or order. This is sad, but yet it is what God warned us of. Sin abounds till one can’t do what is right, for they love what is wrong that is destroy Spirituality in all areas of life.
4 The Lord has made all for Himself, Yes, even the wicked for the day of [c]doom.Lord help us to see reality Your created us to worship, reverence, have faith and hope in You in order that our prayers may be effective working in the Kingdom of God. Can you see God created everyone and everything you see to become like Him? Remember we where all given free will and can be what we want to be and do what we want to do. I accepted the Lord as a teenager and am so thankful for Parents that loved the Lord as their parents loved the Lord and know we are seeing our kids love the Lord and teaching their children to love the Lord in a way that we are blest with one another even when we are far away in distance but never in Spirit. 
5 Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord; Though they join [d]forces, none will go unpunished. What a sad statement for it is so true People who are so proud are people full of pride and can only see themselves better than anyone else, for they are little Gods. Pride has one letter in the middle and that is I. I can and do not tell me I can’t smoke, drink, take drugs, lay with anyone I want to or do what I want; It’s my life. Even through we are seeing lawlessness we see a unrest, insanity that is getting worse for we are proud and prideful being better that those righteous do goodies. 
6 In mercy and truth Atonement is provided for iniquity; And by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil. Mercy and truth are provided to man kind to help us depart from evil ways as we fear God and what He created for those who do not give of their all to Him. In Christianity, atonement refers to the needed reconciliation between sinful mankind and the holy God. This reconciliation is possible through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ, as expressed in Romans 3:25 ²⁵ whom God set forth as a ^[a]propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, then Romans 5:11, ¹¹ And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. and Romans 5:19.  For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.  Are you seeing the power of Atonement that is controlled by God and not any person. God forgive and forgets; thank the Lord He know our need of His righteousness, mercy, grace and Justice to be in His family as Ambassadors in His Kingdom!
7 When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. Thank the Lord we can cross the sea of life as we please the Lord in our souls, which is what we imagine, have a conscience toward and memory and reason for affection to please our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Thank the Lord we can pray for our enemies so they can’t argue with us but love the truth within us as followers of the Lord.
8 Better is a little with righteousness, Than vast revenues without justice. Thank the Lord better is not being bitter as we are seeing today around the world. Better to have a little righteousness that being bitter to where hate takes over and the need to want to stamp out all that God created for our good. Lord help us to see righteousness can’t be bought with money but with total commitment to honor the Lord and give Him our all!!
9 A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. Thank the Lord we are free moral agents for we get to choose the right road over the wrong road. That is the reason we need to get connected to the vine; Jesus, so we can produce goodwill and peace to all and pray for our enemies to become more and more like the Lord.
People can’t buy justice and righteousness for it is ours as we accept the way, truth and life God gave to all to be empowered by the Holy Spirit to work at being like God not Satan. 
 
10 Divination is on the lips of the king; His mouth must not transgress in judgment. Communicating with God through prayer may in some cases be considered divination; both are open, typically two-way conversations with God. We also can see how Divination, the practice of determining the hidden significance or cause of events, sometimes foretelling the future, by various natural, psychological, and other techniques is wildly used by those who know the ways of God but liking the ways of Satan. Today we have more tools Satan uses to get people to think they are as good as God and it is destroying civilization’s around the world. The most important thing to remember is let do not transgress from the Law or we are never going to arrive at our destination, Heaven.
11 Honest weights and scales are the Lord’s; All the weights in the bag are His [e]work. Thank the Lord Honest weights and scales are the Lords for look at how He controls what we see in our planet. Look at how He weighs the intents of our hearts. Look at what He allows in nature and in the natural as well as the Spiritual. He created us for goodwill and peace and that is a weight we all need to be responsible for! Are you in need of more love, mercy and grace? Or is that to heavy and your wanting to cast all good aside and do you thing? Our world is being found over weight and sloppy and does not care how they act or behave Lord help me to weight the pro’s and cons of doing right over wrong! 
12 It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness, For a throne is established by righteousness. This has not changed for when unrighteousness rules we have wickedness but when the righteous rule there in peace, love and joy in abundance. For there is law and order that benefits us all.
13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings,
And they love him who speaks what is right. Are we seeing righteousness lips from those in authority? No; people are certainly not righteous as Lawlessness is abounding. People think that they can resist the cops and it is costing societies increase cost for what the criminal is stealing from the public! 
14 As messengers of death is the king’s wrath,
But a wise man will appease it. We are seeing anger destroy nations and we need to understand the power of controlling our anger, so we can solve problems not make matter worse by being bitter and hateful of what Your created us for Peace and Goodwill
15 In the light of the king’s face is life,
And his favor is like a cloud of the latter rain. Kings are in charge and they show it by the Look on their faces of peace and joy and understand the fulfillment of a job well done, not at all boastful. But humbly giving praise to God for showers of blessing not wanting approval for it, but god is showering His love of approval upon His family, the Church, that’s those who have accepted Jesus as personal Lord and Savior. It is not denomination that save us but a personal relationship with the Lord.
16 How much better to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. Lord help us to see wisdom is like golden nuggets and it give us the ability to understand what is good from evil! Today good is evil and evil is good. This evil has becoming normal and our world is suffering from fearful of lawlessness.