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MIDWEEK MANNA I May 20, 2026
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐:๐-๐ (๐๐๐๐)
๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ.
In this chapter, Apostle Paul is speaking to the believers in Rome who are already saved by the mercy of God. He begins this chapter by reminding them of everything the Lord has doneโHis grace, forgiveness, and salvation. Because of this mercy, we believers should learn how to respond to it.
In the Old Testament, sacrifices were physical offerings placed on an altar. But here, Paul is calling for a different kind of sacrificeโone that is alive. This means a continuous, daily surrender of one's entire life to God.
Moreover, Paul also warns believers not to be "conformed to this world." This means not allowing the values, systems, and sinful patterns of this world shape how we think and live. Instead of copying, we believers are called to live differently.
As believers today, we are reminded that Christian living is not about blending in, but about being transformed. When our minds are renewed, we begin to discern Godโs will and live in a way that is pleasing to Him.
