Thoughts...

If you haven't done so recently (or ever), I would recommend reading the book of Romans. I am being challenged like crazy and reminded of so many things. Paul's heart in this letter to the Romans is to encourage them in the gift of grace and salvation from the Lord. I've thought a lot about this verse in particular - it's one that many of us know but this past year at our winter conference, Faithwalkers, it kept coming up and it's been in the back of my mind the past 6 months...
¹Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. ²Do 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.
Romans 12:1-2 (NIV)
I also really like part of verse 2 in the NLT - it says: let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.

I mean... I could go on and on about this verse/chapter/book. I'm thankful that we have the gift of God's word and that it's not just some book about a dead guy but that the Word is alive and real and that God uses it to change people's lives!