The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 19:5 (HCSB)
5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 9:19-20 (HCSB)
19 Rise up, LORD! Do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
20 Put terror in them, LORD; let the nations know they are only men. Selah
The Word of God for encouragement:
Romans 1:1-7 (HCSB)
1 Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle and singled out for God's good news—
2 which He promised long ago through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures—
3 concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh
4 and who has been declared to be the powerful Son of God by the resurrection from the dead according to the Spirit of holiness.
5 We have received grace and apostleship through Him to bring about the obedience of faith among all the nations, on behalf of His name,
6 including yourselves who also belong to Jesus Christ by calling:
7 To all who are in Rome, loved by God, called as saints. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
My observation:
My daily bible reading plan takes me to the book of Romans today. What an important book for God's people. There are pastors who have spent years preaching through Romans. In my devotional readings I will just be picking out nuggets of truth to comment on, and write down and share what that truth said to me, and how I can apply it to my life.
The nugget of truth that gripped my heart today is the man Paul. He had another name that was Saul. That name fit at his birth because he was of the tribe of Benjamin, and from that tribe came Saul, who was the first king of Israel.
However, the Lord had another plan for his servant Saul of Tarsus. So he gave him another name. Saul the persecutor of Christians was to become Paul the slave of Christ. He was first called Paul here.
Acts 13:9 (HCSB)
9 Then Saul—also called Paul—filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at the sorcerer
Paul was not a famous name at the time, the most famous name then was Nero. The other Saul didn't turn out well either. This shows that it is more important how you finished than how you start.
Proverbs 10:7 (HCSB)
7 The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
My prayer:
Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I am so thankful for the life and the legacy of the Apostle Paul. His writings have so blessed and informed my life and my walk with the Lord.
Father God, your servant Paul was not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, and I am happy to associate myself with him in saying that, "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ". In Jesus name, Amen.
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16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God's power for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.
17 For in it God's righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.
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