Paul now tells the church in Rome how he's going to come to them: full of the blessing of Christ. We talk about fullness.

Paul returns to a reason for writing this letter: he's coming to Spain. Only we know that Paul's plans won't turn out that way, exactly. We talk about our plans and God's plans.

Paul explains why these Gentile churches were so happy to give to people they'd never meet: it blessed those churches to give. We dig into how and why those who give are blessed.

Paul explains that churches from two regions have contributed to the need in Jerusalem. We talk more about giving.

Paul tells the church in Rome that he's going to visit them after he delivers aid to Jerusalem. We talk about giving.

Paul gets to his big action item: he's going to Spain, and he wants the church in Rome to help. We talk about why Paul was going to Spain and how we can identify the Spains in our own lives.

Paul starts a sentence that explains why he's finally going to visit the church in Rome: (1) he wants to, and (2) he's finished his job in the region in which he'd been planting churches. We talk about how we're to do the same.

Paul explains that his ministry is the reason that he'd never visited the church in Rome before. We talk about how God's plans don't always line up with our plans.

Paul quotes Isaiah 52:15 from Isaiah's final servant song to explain that God's plan is for those who have never heard of Him will see. We talk about how God's plan comes about through us.

Paul talks about the difference between ministering to those who have heard the name of Jesus before and those who have not. We talk about how ministering to those who have met Christians before have both advantages and challenges.