Today's Devotion: 2 Do not conform any longer 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. (The Holy Bible : New International Version. electronic ed. Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 1996, c1984, S. Ro 12:2)

In modern terms, Paul is saying here that whatever we do on Sunday should be done on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc. In other words, the rest of the week.

Today's Comments: Does that which we receive on Sunday help us to transform ourselves on Monday, or do we just return to our old sinful selves when we leave our churches? As Christians, the rest of the world sees us by the example that we set in our everyday activities. A good friend of mine, a Christian and a well known radio personality, once told me that the last person that he would ever deal with commercially is the person who advertises in the phonebook or the newspaper that they are a Christian business. According to him, anybody who uses a cross or a fish in their advertising is probably going to deal with him in some dishonest way. The bottom line is that, by calling ourselves Christians, we do not necessarily act like Christians. That takes some effort on our part. We must pray to God that He will give us that power of transformation so that we may be Christ's example to the world.