by MJR | Mar 19, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Romans 12:10 Have you seen a recent example of devoted love? In just a couple of minutes, I came up with at least three real-life illustrations. You can see it in the love of parents for their...
by MJR | Mar 18, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Romans 12:9 In the next section of Romans 12, Paul describes the characteristics of the life of a follower of Christ. It is not by accident that he begins this list with love. Notice that Paul isn’t...
by MJR | Mar 14, 2024 | Genuine Hope
“I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.”Romans 12: 3 Earlier today I received a corrected text from a friend....
by MJR | Mar 13, 2024 | Genuine Hope
For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to, because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy...
by MJR | Mar 12, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2 We may think “peer pressure”, refers to the pressure to conform...
by MJR | Mar 11, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Romans 12:1 There are certain passages of Scripture I find helpful to revisit time and...
