What Do I Do With This, God?
When we confess our belief in Jesus as the Holy One of God, we often assume our lives will become easier. It doesn’t help that many people with good intentions teach this as biblical truth.
Tagged: Romans
Encourage Someone Today
“So then, we must pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.” (Romans 14:19 HCSB) As Pastor Rick prepares us for the Decade of Destiny, remember to support those around you who are preparing, too....
You Have a Choice
“You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.” (Romans 6:18 NIV) For years I wandered away from God, and my image of that time is that of a traveler on a trail...
You don’t have to sin
For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—because anyone who has died has been...
Was the census by Caesar Augustus a coincidence?
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. . . . And everyone went to his own town to register. Luke 2:1, 3 (NIV) Jesus was...
This week stop trying to win arguments
“I beg you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to stop arguing among yourselves. Let there be real harmony so that there won’t be splits in the church. I plead with you to be of...
Don’t give up: Look for what God can do
“His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned,’ said Jesus, ‘but this happened so that the works of God might be...
Don’t give up: Look for what God can do
“His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned,’ said Jesus, ‘but this happened so that the works of God might be...
Believe God will help you
“You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.” (Romans 5:6 NIV) You learn to trust God by obeying him in small ways. You probably agree God is the...
God covers your faults with his perfect love
The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father’s only Son. John 1:14 (TEV) The love of God is...