Daily Devotional from 1 Corinthians 1--Verse 10I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.Does this verse mean that everyone in the Church must think the same about everything? Absolutely not! But, we see in the church of Corinth that people were quar...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Romans 16—Verses 19-20For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil. The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.Being wise to what is good and innocent to what is evil means we ought to know the way to act and be able to in...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Romans 15--Verses 1-2We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.We’ve all seen people – believers and unbelievers alike - make unwise choices. As an objective or more experienced friend, we might try to show them how some choices will likely end badly...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Romans 14--Verses 17-19For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.So many times, people get caught up in judging others and defending their own points of view, wi...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Romans 13 –Verses 11-14Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immo...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Romans 12--Verse 18If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. We are called to overcome evil with good, to love our enemies, and to take it a step further and even serve them. This is so counter-cultural—especially in our society’s polarized climate. We may not agree with how others choose to live their life or what opinions they hold—whether they are ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Romans 11--Verses 3-4“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” But what is God's reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”Sometimes it feels like we are all alone but thank Jesus that we aren’t. We have the believers in our congregation and all over...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Romans 10--Verse 1 (CSB)Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God concerning them is for their salvation.Has there ever been someone you really hoped got what was coming to them? I think we all have. When we are working through our negative feelings toward someone, this verse really cuts right to the heart.Paul was severely persecuted by Jewish leaders that di...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Romans 9--Verse 3For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.Paul was so concerned about the Jews who had not accepted Christ, that he said he was willing to be accursed and cut off from Christ if it would mean that his brethren would accept Jesus Christ as Messiah and Lord. Paul was willi...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Romans 8--Verse 6To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.Another way of interpreting flesh is simply human effort. Sometimes we get immersed in effort – our efforts and the efforts of others. And when we get inundated in all that, pretty soon we can begin to detect an odor of death. Everything just becomes lifeless. But, good...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Romans 7--Verse 15For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.We all do the wrong thing. We all sin. We all make mistakes. It’s our struggle between our flesh and our born-again selves. Even Paul had this struggle—and he openly admits it in his writings. He thanks Jesus in verse 25 for being the one who will deliver us f...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Romans 6—Verse 22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.What does it mean to be set free from sin? It means that sin, with all of its layers, has no power over me. It has no control over me. It can’t make me do something I don’t want to do. It gives me freedom tochoose ri...  Read More