Romans 12:14-21 (reference) Romans 12:14Romans 12:17aRomans 12:18Romans 12:19Romans 12:20-21 Matthew 5:38-48 If we want to love like Jesus, we have to love the people who are hardest to love.

Message by Emily Leverance Romans 12:9-13 Romans 12:14-21

Romans 12:3-8 A spiritual gift is an expression of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer which empowers them to serve the body of Christ, the church. Romans 12:3Romans 12:4-51 Corinthians 12:12-27 We cannot survive or succeed without one another. 6Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us … Continue reading Spiritual Gifts (Romans 12:3-8) →

A sacrifice is an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as worthy or more important. Romans 12:1-2Present your BODY as a sacrifice. Present your body as a LIVING sacrifice: alive and available to God. The focus isn’t on GIVING our lives in sacrifice; it’s on LIVING our lives … Continue reading Resist the World. Renew Your Mind. (Romans 12:1-2) →

“All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.” Romans 11:25-27Isaiah 59:20-21Jeremiah 31:31-34Romans 11:28-292Timothy 2:11-13 God’s faithfulness to us doesn’t depend on our ability to match it. Romans 11:30-32 God offers his mercy and grace to all… to every last one of us! Romans 11:33-36Romans 11:33Do we acknowledge the … Continue reading The Depth of God and His Wisdom (Romans 11:25-36) →

Romans 10:1-4, 14-17Romans 10:18-21We would have gotten the blessing we were looking for if we had just done what God said to do in the first place! Romans 11:1-15Key Idea: God introduced reverse psychology!Romans 11:16-24 So what’s our proper posture?Humility1 Peter 5:6Romans 12:3 GratitudeEucharisteó (yoo-khar-is-teh’-o): to be thankful.1 Thessalonians 5:18 In all of this, God … Continue reading God Hasn’t Given Up (Romans 10:18-11:24) →

Romans 9:1-8God is sovereign. He’s ultimately in control of all things.Romans 9:9-13Malachi 1:2-4miséō – properly, to detest (on a comparative basis); hence, denounce; to love someone or something less than someone (something) else, i.e. to renounce one choice in favor of another.Lk 14:26-27Romans 9:14-19God is not accountable for sin; we are.Romans 9:20-23Our criticism of God … Continue reading Questioning God’s Sovereignty -and Wisdom (Romans 9:1-10:4) →

Romans 8:31-39 Who can be against us?No One. Nothing. And None of the Above. Who will bring a charge against us?No One. Nothing. And None of the Above. Who will condemn us?No One. Nothing. And None of the Above. Who will separate us from the love of Christ?No One. Nothing. And None of the Above. … Continue reading No One. Nothing. None of the Above. (Romans 8:31-39) →

Romans 8:18Romans 8:24Romans 8:26Romans 8:28All Things Work Together for GoodRomans 8:28-30for those who love Godwho have been called according to his purposeRomans 8:29those whom he foreknewhe also predestinedto be conformed to the image of his Sonin order that he [Jesus] might be the firstborn among manyRomans 8:30those whom he predestinedhe also calledthose whom he called … Continue reading All Things Work Together for Good (Romans 8:28-30) →