*my notes are unbolded. [I am writing] to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called to be saints (God’s people) and set apart
(1) “BEHOLD, MY Servant, whom I uphold; My Chosen One in whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring
“For each, God has a different response. With every man He has a secret –– the secret of a new name. In every man there
What does it mean to give up my right to myself? Oswald chambers writes that all gifts come from God. We can’t dedicate something to
“When we receive His image into our spiritual mirror, He enters with it. Our thought is not cut off from His. Our open receiving thought
But face the facts, all you oppressors, and then wring your hands. Listen, all of you, far and near. Prepare for the worst and wring
My soul is starved and hungry, ravenous! – insatiable for your nourishing commands. -Psalm 119:20 (msg) Nourishing commands. It’s not something we readily embrace –
“Alongside the gentle meeting of earth and sky, in the witnessing colors of the west, in the wind that so gently visits our cheek, in
“You’re familiar with the old written law, ‘Love your friend,’ and its unwritten companion, ‘Hate your enemy.’ I’m challenging that. I’m telling you to love
But let me tell you something wonderful, a mystery I’ll probably never fully understand. We’re not all going to die—but we are all going to
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