Devotions from Romans

Passage Read: Acts 28 - Romans 1 Meditation Verses: 1:28-32 This is happening all over, and indeed a great apostasy has to happen before the end. But no matter how bad things get, I need to hold fast and continually submit and believe the Scriptures…

Passage Read: Romans 2-3 Meditation Verses: 3:18-19 If Jesus honors me with rank and title and position, He's still Lord and God, and I remain His servant and creation. My relationship to Him doesn't change just because I've proven sufficiently faithful to warrant His honor.

Passage Read: Romans 4-5 Meditation Verse: 4:8 But for this moment, I can remember that my sins will never be counted against me because I believe Jesus is the Son of God, and He died for my sins and rose again to give me life.

Passage Read: Romans 6-7 Meditation Verses: 6:17-18 I should no longer behave as if I had freedom of choice, but as if all choice were taken from me. I should simply do wherever the Lord asks of me, whatever His Word commands me, and be…

Passage Read: Romans 8-9 Meditation Verse: 9:18 There is no fighting against God. There is no changing what He has decreed. Those who were chosen from before the beginning of the world will be saved; no one else will. If a people or person is…

Passage Read: Romans 10-11 Meditation Verses: 11:20-24 Salvation is not so cut and dried, according to this passage. It is not set by a single prayer or commitment made years before. It is active and living, and dependent on our current state of belief. If…

Passage Read: Romans 12-13 Meditation Verse: 12:6 I can take heart that Jesus doesn't expect me to do more than I'm able, but He rebuked His disciples for the littleness of their faith. I don't think He'd be pleased if I never grew or attempted…

Passage Read: Romans 14-15 Meditation Verse: 14:13 I shouldn't create stumbling blocks that God has not imposed. I shouldn't judge others on matters that God doesn't care about, like eating or abstaining from meat, observing or not observing holidays, worship styles or anything else that…

Passage Read: Romans 16 - 1 Corinthians 1 Meditation Verses: Romans 16:17-18 God's Word is true and reliable. Anyone who teaches something contrary to what is recorded and taught therein, I need to watch out for. If they're doing it deliberately, they are trying to…