April 11 Psalm 81 (ESV) Oh, That My People Would Listen to Me To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. [1] Of Asaph. 81:1 Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob! 2 Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp. 3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at [...]
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April 11 Psalm 81
Posted: April 11, 2012 by Pam Larson in April Bible Readings, Bible Passages, RomansTags: April Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Psalms, Scripture
Embracing the benefits of the cross
Posted: March 25, 2012 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, March, RomansTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Embracing the benefits of the cross, forgiveness, God's mercy, Romans, Scripture, the cross of Christ
If you are following the read-through-the-Bible plan with us, you have come to the end of Romans today.(or you will finish in the next five days of catch up time) John Piper closed his sermon series on Romans with a prayer. Here is the conclusion of that prayer, Jesus Christ in the Book of Romans, But [...]
March 25 Romans 16
Posted: March 25, 2012 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, March Bible Readings, RomansTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, March Bible Readings, Romans, Scripture
March 25 Romans 16 (ESV) Personal Greetings 16:1 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant [1] of the church at Cenchreae, 2 that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of [...]
Not where Christ has already been named
Posted: March 24, 2012 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, March, RomansTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, missions, Not where Christ has already been named, proclaim the Gospel, Romans, Scripture, Smart Missions, vernacular language, Vernacular Video Mission International, video
In Romans 15:20-21 Paul states, …thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else’s foundation, but as it is written, “Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand.” Vernacular Video Mission International (VVMI) [...]
March 24 Romans 15:14-33
Posted: March 24, 2012 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, March Bible Readings, RomansTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, March Bible Readings, Romans, Scripture
March 24 Romans 15:14-33 (ESV) Paul the Minister to the Gentiles 14 I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, [1] that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another. 15 But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me [...]
Not just a few crumbs a day
Posted: March 23, 2012 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, March, RomansTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Hope in GOD, Not just a few crumbs a day, Romans, Scripture
In our Bible passage in Romans today: For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. —Romans 15:4 John Piper says that there are three three truths from Romans 15:4 All the Scriptures are for our instruction. All the [...]
March 23 Romans 15:1-13
Posted: March 23, 2012 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, March Bible Readings, RomansTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, March Bible Readings, Romans, Scripture
March 23 Romans 15:1-13 (ESV) The Example of Christ 15:1 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3 For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of [...]
Paul’s solution to being ruined by small things
Posted: March 22, 2012 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, March, RomansTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, convinced in our own mind, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, for the glory of God!, Paul’s solution to being ruined by small things, Romans, Scripture
John Piper on Romans 14, “Each One Should Be Fully Convinced in His Own Mind,” Now admittedly this is not a very big deal. Good grief! Eating meat or not! But such things have led to bitter feelings, and break down of relationships, and split churches and terrible disrepute coming on the name of Christ. [...]
March 22 Romans 14
Posted: March 22, 2012 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, March Bible Readings, RomansTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, March Bible Readings, Romans, Scripture
March 22 Romans 14 (ESV) Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another 14:1 As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. 2 One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. 3 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not [...]
Christ will be my focus, love will be my fruit.
Posted: March 21, 2012 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, March, RomansTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Christ will be my focus love will be my fruit., daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Romans, Scripture
We come to Romans 13 in our read-through-the-Bible plan for today. Here is John Piper on Romans 13: And so the great question that Paul is dealing with now in Romans 12–16 is what does life look like for people who know that by faith alone all their sins are forgiven, and all their condemnation [...]
