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Today, Tuesday February 23 Romans 8:28-30 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. This has to be one of the most quoted and most beloved verses in the New Testament. What an awesome promise and provision we have from the Holy Spirit that no matter what happens in our lives, the Lord can work them out together f...

Today, Monday February 22 Romans 8:26-27 “Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.” One of the greates...

Today, Sunday February 21 Mark 8:36-37 Everything changed for me fifty years ago today!!!! It happened on Sunday, February 21, 1971, about 4pm in the afternoon, just north of Cincinnati Ohio, in the home of Dr. Harold and Sylvia Rawlings that was located on Landmark Baptist Temple property. I was nineteen years old. When I was young my dad strongly encouraged me to memorize scripture and one of th...

Today, Saturday February 20 Romans 8:17-25 In the Old Testament, the emphasis is on the Person, ministry and work of God the Father! Elohim, the Creator God who is sovereign and has a plan and purpose for all mankind. In the Gospels, the emphasis is on the Person, ministry and work of God the Son, Jesus Christ!  And during His ministry, Jesus told His disciples about the “Promise of the Fathe...

Today, Friday February 19 Romans 8 The most neglected member of the Godhead is, no doubt, the Holy Spirit! We love talking about the “Fatherhood” of God and His greatness and His love for us. We enjoying hearing about the compassion, the miracles and ministry of Jesus Christ, the Son. And for sure, we should never forget nor neglect neither of Them! But so often, pastors and church teachers and le...

Today, Thursday February 18 Romans 8 There is no reason to ever think that you can’t overcome the habits and sins of your past and live a new life in Christ. In this great chapter, the Apostle Paul shares with the believers at Rome and with us today, the provisions and power and blessings of the Person of the Holy Spirit that we was given at the moment of our salvation. The devil is a liar and wil...

Today, Wednesday February 17 Romans 8:1-17 I’ve often said that the most miserable person on the planet is not the unbeliever, the pagan, the atheist or the person who has never heard about a God of love Who sent His Son to die on a cross for our sins and give us eternal life. But the most miserable person, is the believer who has truly experienced God’s great salvation through Jesus Christ but is...

Today, Tuesday February 16 Romans 8:1-12 Years ago, in the early days of my ministry, I prepared and preached a message entitled, “The Battle for the Mind.” Have you ever wondered why a person believes what they believe? Why are most of the people who live in India, Hindus? Why are most of the people who live in the Middle East, Muslims? Why do so many people who live in the West, call themselves...

Today, Monday February 15 Romans 8:1-8 Even though it was fifty years ago, that as a nineteen year old teenager, I finally ask the Lord Jesus to come into my heart and life, I’ll never forget the major struggle I went through because I was so afraid that I would not be able to live the Christian life.  I really wanted to become a Christian and have the assurance that all my sins were forgiven...

Today, Sunday February 14 Romans 8:1-8 These first eight verses of Romans 8 actually form the conclusion to the argument in chapter 7.  We need to keep in mind, that in chapter 7, Paul is dealing with the problem of how the believer can ever do anything good when he has such a sinful nature.  How can a holy God ever accept anything we do when we have “no good thing” dwelling in us? &nbsp...

Today, Saturday February 13 – Romans 8:1-4 Probably one of the most quoted Old Testament passages is from Isaiah 40:31 “ But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew theirstrength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.” The practical application of this great promise if found here in Romans 8:1-4.  As followers of Jesus Chris...

Today, Friday February 12 Romans 8 One of the greatest declarations in all the Bible, and the world for that matter, is found here in Romans 8:1!  “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus…”!  In chapters 1-3, we were found guilty of sin in God’s holy courtroom and were condemned to die.  In chapters 4 & 5, we were brought the Good News that becaus...

Today, Thursday February 11 – Romans 7 I’ll never forget the tremendous emotional experience of becoming a “new creation” in Christ Jesus fifty years ago this month! I walked out of the darkness of sin and death into the marvelous light of life in Christ. The heavy burden and guilt of sin, which was always hanging over me, was totally lifted that day and for the first time in my life I knew I was...

Today, Wednesday February 10 – Romans 6 & 7 My friend, God loves you and desires for you to be free to live a fulfilling and complete life!  You are of tremendous value to Him and He is willing and ready to aid you every moment in your journey through life! 2 Peter 1:2-4 “ Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to...

Today, Tuesday February 9 - Romans 6 What a tragedy it would be to have been issued a pardon, while you were in prison, but no one told you about it, and you continued in confinement when you could have been living in freedom. I’m afraid that’s the case of so many believers today! In Christ we have been given a new life of freedom, but so many of us are still living in the prison house of sin and...

Today, Monday February 8 – Romans 6 There are four “know” verses in Romans 6. The word “know” in the New Testament carries a deeper meaning than the way we often use it in our English language today.  It means to be deeply and intimately acquainted with someone or a truth in a very personal and real way. In Proverbs 9:10 we read: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowl...

Today, Sunday February 7 – Romans 6:1-4 In Romans 6 we are introduced to three words that are the key to having a strong and abiding foundation that will support our daily Christian experience and let us enjoy the freedom of living a victorious life! The three words are “know” (vs. 3, 6 ,9, 16); “reckon” (v. 11); and the word “yield” (vs. 13, 16, 19). Before we can reckon or yield, we need to know...

Today, Saturday February 6 – Romans 6:1-4 We now come to the third section of the book of Romans. Remember Romans 1-3 deal with Sin. Romans 4 & 5 deal with Salvation . Romans 6-8 teaches us about Sanctification . This word means to be “set apart” for God and His holy purposes in our lives! We need to see and learn how in Romans 6, the believer is dead to sin. In Romans 7, the believer is dead...

Today, Friday February 5 – Romans 5:20-21 These are the last verses that conclude the first two sections of Romans. Remember Romans 1-3 is about the problem of sin that separates us from God. Romans 4-5 is about how we as sinners, can be made righteous and be justified in the sight of a Holy God through the free gift of God in Jesus Christ and His shed blood and death. It is as if Paul wants to re...

Today, Thursday February 4 – Romans 5:20-21 One of the most beautiful and precious words in the English language is the word grace. So far, in the first five chapters of Romans, we have learned about sin, judgement and justification. But it is interesting to me, that Paul ends this section with these two verses: Romans 5:20-21 “ Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin...

Today, Wednesday February 3 – Romans 5:12-21 Skeptics sometimes ask, "Was it fair for God to condemn the whole world just because of one man's disobedience?" The answer, of course, is that it was not only fair; but it was also wise and gracious. To begin with, if God had tested each human being individually, the result would have been the same: disobedience. But even more important, by condemning...

Today, Tuesday February 2 – Romans 5:12-21 In the first eleven verses of this great chapter five of Romans, we have been studying the seven wonderful blessings we have because of our justification by faith in Jesus Christ. In this next section we will looking at the basis of our justification. How is it possible for God to save sinners in the person of Jesus Christ? We understand that somehow Chri...

Today, Monday February 1 – Romans 5:10-11 – In chapter one of Romans we learned that it is humanity who declared war on God. God never declared war on us. Our God is a God of love and peace and desires that everyone He created have a relationship with Him. But because God is a righteous God, He justly must punish sin! So God’s plan from eternity past involved the death of His Son, Jesus Christ, to...

Today, Sunday January 31 – Romans 5:9 – We have been talking about justification by faith which results in eternal and endless blessings! We have peace, access, hope, patience in sufferings, and the love of God being poured into our hearts and lives by the Holy Spirit. (Romans 5:1-5) Now the Apostle Paul tells us about something that is “much more” than even these. It’s like he saves the best for...

Today, Saturday January 30 - Romans 5:4-8 – Jesus instructs us in His Sermon on the Mount to love: Matthew 5:43-46 “Y ou have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in hea...