I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is… Read More
Kathie’s Roman Digs (Week 27-Romans 13)
There’s a fight in America about who’s going to be “king of the hill:” democrats, republicans, progressives, socialists… Many are stridently declaring they’re right and everyone else is stupid or misled. Others have decided that all authority has to go–they’re going to be the law unto themselves. Others have taken advantage of chaos to kill,… Read More
Dig into Romans with Me (Week 27-Romans 13)
As we look around our country, we realize that this chapter could have been written just for us at such a time as this. Remember that Paul was writing to the Jews living in Rome, under Roman rule, paying Roman taxes, and being persecuted, tortured, and denied their rights. How are we to live in… Read More
Bible Doodle: Truth Even When Depressed
Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? … No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. Romans 8:35-37
Bible Doodle: Eph. 3:17-19
My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit—not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength—that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I… Read More
Kathie’s Roman Digs (Week 18-Romans 8)
God did what we couldn’t because HE LOVES US!God achieved what the law was unable to accomplish, because the law was limited by the weakness of human nature. Romans 8:3 (TPT) Verses 1-8 Verses 9-17 Verses 18-30 Verses 31-39 The Father sent His Son in human body, who fulfilled the requirement of the law for… Read More
Dig into Romans with Me (Week 18-Romans 8)
Juxtaposition. the fact of two things being seen or placed closed together with contrasting effect. The juxtaposition of God and humankind: Almighty God who created the universe and created humankind warped by sin. Nothing could seem farther apart, but the beauty of this chapter is how God has brought us so close to Him that… Read More
