It’s news I’m most proud to proclaim, this extraordinary Message of God’s powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts him, starting with Jews and then right on to everyone else! God’s way of putting people right shows up in the acts of faith, confirming what Scripture has said all along: “The person in right standing […]
Harmony
That’s exactly what Jesus did. He didn’t make it easy for himself by avoiding people’s troubles, but waded right in and helped out. “I took on the troubles of the troubled,” is the way Scripture puts it. Even if it was written in Scripture long ago, you can be sure it’s written for us . […]
Worship
So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into […]
True worship
So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into […]
Outdo one another
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honour. Romans 12:10 Love as a competition! Here are some hints to see who is the best: Love God first and loving your brother or sister will be easier, placing God in the middle of the threefold relationship Love through good times and bad […]
Living Sacrifices
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is true worship. NIV I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of […]
Working for your good
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. NIV We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those […]
Jesus is Lord
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. NIV Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God […]
Falling short
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God NIV Since all have sinned and are falling short of the honour and glory which God bestows and receives. AMP For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; KJV Romans 3:23 All have sinned and come short.—Strictly, all sinned; […]
Aches and Groans
Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know […]
Discernment
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12 v 2 Discernment is the ability to choose from right and wrong. You need to be reading your […]
Work
Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know […]