But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ~ Romans 5:8 When He died ...I did not exist ...except in His mind. I was just another unborn sinner with a lifetime of future offenses ...but I was known ...He knew this lost and broken …
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He is Ready to Forgive
When He died...I did not exist... except in His mind. I was just another unborn sinner with a lifetime of future offenses. But I was known. He knew the lost and broken soul. And He was ready to forgive my sins before I had done any of them... on the morning I first drew breath... …
Day 13: Counting Down to the Christmas Revolution
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much …
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Day 12: Counting Down to the Christmas Revolution
For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according …
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growing faith
Romans 10:17 "…faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Be careful what you pray for. When I first married, I asked God to make me a man of faith. I thought that was the thing to do. Then… … he allowed us to experience a deep financial crisis; … he led …
Grieving for the Lost
Romans 9:2-3 "…I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren…" What makes you really sad? Imagine a circle of relationships around your life. In the middle of this circle is your life. For most of us, our response grows …
Chosen
Romans 8:15-16 "For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God” How can I know for certain that I am a Christian? God wants …
But Wait! There’s More!
Read Romans 8:22-27 Do you recall the famous Ronco commercials? Did you ever find yourself wishing you had a Mr. Microphone, the Pocket Fisherman, the Dial-O-Matic Food Slicer, or the Smokeless Ashtray? Ron Popeil the inventor revolutionized the ad industry with his sales pitch: It cuts, it slices, it dices—but wait! There’s more! In the …
Free!
Romans 6:6 "…knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin." After the Civil War, emancipated slaves found themselves in a new relationship with their old masters. Imagine the feeling! It had to be a …
The church needs more attitude…
Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind toward one another… Romans 15:5 Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus… It happens more and more. My wife and I will turn to each other with the same thoughts -- and often the same …
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