Romans 1:8 - "First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world."
Yesterday, I was listening to Christian radio when I heard a news report of a man who "was in critical condition after being in a fatal accident." At first, I was really sad about the accident. And then, I thought to myself how that was such a funny report because they made it sound as if the man was a fatality but now his condition was upgraded from a dead condition to only a critical condition. And then the Holy Spirit cut my heart to remind me how many things that I surely write in this devotion or say in sermons which come out even more funny and strange than that little radio report which seemed to speak of a death being upgraded to only critical. And the Holy Spirit touched my heart and told me that I simply needed to thank all of you for your grace in sharing this Day of Praise devotion with me because each day, after I push "send," I always find some spelling error or other mistake I made in writing.
I am sincerely grateful to all of you for your grace in receiving this devotion and looking to God for encouragement through it, instead of looking for mistakes and dwelling on those errors.
It's the same spirit of faith that St. Paul was writing about in today's Bible verse when he says that "your faith is proclaimed in all the world." (Romans 1:8) In other words, when we're kind and gracious to one another, instead of dwelling on each other's shortcomings and errors, word gets around, maybe to all the world, and people are drawn to Christ because that's what people are, namely, people are drawn to a graciousness and kindness born out of faith in Jesus Christ.
So, thank you, all! You are dear and encouraging friends in the gracious and kind ways that you receive this devotion everyday, some of you for almost three years now. I am sincerely grateful to God for all of you! Have a great day, and know that you're making a difference in my life, as I'm sure you are with many, as you are kind and gracious to them too!
Romans 1:8 - "First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world."
Praise God!
Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson
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