Category: Devotionals

Devotionals

The Spirit of Adoption

Read: Romans 8:12-17 You have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” (v. 15) One of the great confessions of the Christian faith is that

Devotionals

Life in the Spirit

Read: Romans 8:1-8 Those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. (v. 5) The word “spirit” is used no less than twenty-two times

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Only Christ

Read: Romans 8:31-35 Who is to condemn? (v. 34) One of the great challenges of the Christian faith is to affirm the reality of a judgment while keeping ourselves from the

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Condemnation

Read: Romans 8:1-8 By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh. (v. 3) The word “condemnation” appears three times

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No Condemnation

Read: Romans 8:1-8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (v. 1) Romans 8 is wallpapered in gospel promises. They begin where the assurance of

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In Christ

Read: Romans 8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. . . . [Nothing] will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ

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A Living Community

Read: Ephesians 2:11-22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. (v. 22) Carol was grocery shopping for Thanksgiving, looking forward to

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A Forgiven Community

Read: Colossians 3:8-17 As the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. (v. 13) A primarily white church in Tennessee hired a new lead pastor who was young and

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A Diverse Community

Read: 1 Corinthians 12:14-27 Just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with