Category: Recovery For Romans

  • DEAD TO OLD HABITS – ALIVE TO NEW LIFE

    DEAD TO OLD HABITS – ALIVE TO NEW LIFE Romans 6 Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ 1. What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2. By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3. Or don’t you know that…

  • REJOICE IN SUFFERING – POWER IN POWERLESSNESS

    REJOICE IN SUFFERING – POWER IN POWERLESSNESS Romans 5 Peace and Joy 1. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2. through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of…

  • RECOVERY BEGINS BY FAITH

    RECOVERY BEGINS BY FAITH Romans 4 Abraham Justified by Faith What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, discovered in this matter? If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about but not before God. 3What does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him…

  • WHO IS MY BROTHER?

    RECOVERY FOR ROMANS 1-21-2005 WHO IS MY BROTHER? Romans 3 God’s Faithfulness 1. What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? 2. Much in every way! First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God. 3. What if some did not have faith?…

  • No Excuses

    RECOVERY FOR ROMANS 1-14-2005 NO EXCUSES Romans 2 God’s Righteous Judgment 1. You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. 2. Now we know that God’s judgment against those who…

  • Who is your higher power?

    RECOVERY FOR ROMANS 1-7-2005 WHO IS YOUR HIGHER POWER? Romans 1:16-32 16. I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17. For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that…

  • Romans- Revised for Recovery!

    During a morning’s devotional this week, it came to me that many of us have trouble relating to bible-speak terminology at times, but not with the language of recovery. It comes second nature for many of us and has so much meaning to us. Well, the Lord gave me permission to do a little word…