by Will | Apr 14, 2020 | Scripture Meditations
Romans 9:6-9 (NIV) It is not as though God’s word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will...
by Will | Apr 14, 2020 | Scripture Meditations
Romans 9:1-5 (NIV) I speak the truth in Christ–I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit–I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my...
by Will | Apr 9, 2020 | Scripture Meditations
Romans 8:28-39 (NIV) 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. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among...
by Will | Apr 9, 2020 | Scripture Meditations
Romans 8:18-27 (NIV) I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own...
by Will | Apr 6, 2020 | Scripture Meditations
Romans 8:12-17 (NIV) Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation–but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will...
by Will | Apr 6, 2020 | Scripture Meditations
Romans 8:5-11 (NIV) Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind...