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Hello and welcome to Thinking About the Bible, and today I want to read to you a little bit more in chapter 12 of Romans. We talked about being not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. And today I want to go on in verse 3 where Paul says, 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. Now he goes on through that chapter talking about being kind and affectionate to one another, brotherly love, giving preference to one another, that's up in verse 10, 11. And so what we can gather, one of the things we can gather here is that as your mind is renewed, as you are not conformed to the world's way, but to God's way, that one of the things that comes of that is to think of others more highly than yourself, to have this idea of doing what's most beneficial for the other person at all times. So that's what I would challenge you to think about today as you are thinking about the Bible is to think about how you can cultivate this mindset where you are not thinking of yourself more highly than you ought to think and where you're being kindly affectionate to one another, giving preference to one another. So these are things that really don't come natural to us. They're something that we have to learn as we are presenting our bodies, a living sacrifice as we are being transformed by the renewing of our minds. That's the challenge. And I hope as you think about that today, that God will bless you and walk with you in that. See you next time.