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Category Archives: Christian Devotional
Your Everyday Ordinary Life
Romans 12:1-2: “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is …
But This I Do Know!
Romans 11:33: “Oh the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.” Paul has been teaching about God’s grace and mercy in Romans 9-11, the …
Look How Far You Now Have Come!
Romans 8:38-39: “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” I do not know what …
All Things – Always – Until The End Of Your Story
Romans 8:28: “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Isn’t Romans 8:28 one of those verses you know, but when going through a failure of expectations, or when your dream has died, or a new family or employment …
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When All You Can Do Is Sigh Or Groan
Romans 8:26-27: “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints …
OK, Now What’s Next Papa?
Romans 8:15-16: “For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.” Have you ever thought about or realized the role …
Taking Steps Forward Yet Taking Steps Backwards
Romans 7:15: “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” Do you ever ask yourself what is wrong with me? Why can’t I be better? Why did I do that? Take comfort – Paul had the same problem and …
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Learning To Walk Right – Step By Step
Romans 6:13: “Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. Remember when you first got married and you thought you had marriage down pat and you knew everything …
Hemmed In With Troubles
Romans 5:2b-5: “We rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has …