Something you can't forget about
30I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.
Lord Jesus, obviously prayer is so important. How many brothers and sisters are struggling all around the world because they are bringing Your Word and salvation to others. How little I have prayed for them. Father, I don’t come close to …
23But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to see you, 24I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to visit you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. 25Now, however, I …
18I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done— 19by the power of signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. 20It has always been my ambition to preach …
17Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God. 18I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me…
Jesus, it is obvious that everything Paul did in his life that was not done for You, he counts as nothing. Only his service to You mattered at all. Will I ever be like that? Is there ever any chance that I …
14I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in knowledge and competent to instruct one another. 15I have written you quite boldly on some points, as if to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me 16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles with the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so …
8For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jewsb on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs 9so that the Gentiles may glorify God for his mercy, as it is written:
“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;
I will sing hymns to your name.”c
10Again, it says,
“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”d…
7Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
Jesus, you did accept me when I was a mess. You brought me back from a life of serious sin and despair. What right do I have to even wish for one minute that someone else would change so I would get along with them better. You have surrounded me with great people, …
5May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, 6so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus, please, I need this so bad. I struggle to be of one spirit with my wife and children, more-less the church in general. I want to be …
4For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Holy Spirit, I need some hope today. You know how my son is struggling. His future looks so dark. Thank-you for Your Word and its promises and it truly does bring hope now. I know his future can be so bright, but …
1We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 2Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.
Lord, I don’t know if I am strong, or weak. After all …