North Campus | Cole Travis | Altar Call | Prestonwood Baptist Church

Main message: Following Jesus means serving Him — surrendering your life to His lordship and presenting yourself as a "living sacrifice" in response to God's mercy. True discipleship is positional (He is God, we are not), personal (a whole-life decision), and purposeful (we are tested and transformed to do His will).

Key points:

• The central command of Romans 12:1 is to present your body as a living, holy, acceptable sacrifice — worshipful service to God, not merely religious behavior.
• Positional: Paul’s "therefore" ties this command to the doctrinal teaching of Romans 1–11 — we submit because God is sovereign, unsearchable, and the source of all things (Romans 11:33–36).
• Personal: Surrender is an individual, whole-person choice (mind, will, actions); renewing the mind is essential because thought shapes behavior (Romans 12:1–2).
• Purposeful: God uses testing and trials to purify believers, reveal His will, and equip them to serve others (illustrated by James 1 and the silversmith metaphor).
• Practical implications: let go of controlling grips on life (the clenched-hands image), practice confession and public obedience (baptism), seek God’s direction by submitting daily rather than trying to hold back parts of life for yourself.

Scriptures mentioned: Romans 12:1–2, Romans 11:33–36, Matthew 4, John 3, Galatians 2:20, James 1, 1 Thessalonians 4