- Pray, lifting your requests before God and praising Him for His goodness. Be sure to ask Him to speak to your heart during your devotional time.
- Read today’s passage of Scripture in your Bible and be ready to journal.
- Record your thoughts. What stands out to you?
- How does today’s reading apply to your life? How does it reveal your insufficiencies? What change does God’s word call you to today?
- Remember to have each member of your family share what God showed them during your family worship time today.
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Below, you will find notes to aid you in your thoughts and prayers today.
Chapter 16
v. 17-18
We are instructed, because all things are from Christ, through Christ, and to Christ, to watch out for those people who create divisions and obstacles contrary to the teaching we have learned (what has been presented through the book of Romans, the true Gospel).
Someone who is divisive or creates obstacles for true faith will not necessarily do so on purpose and will not necessarily be abrasive about creating divisions or obstacles. In most cases, I think the people are outwardly nice, but are ultimately concerned with their own appetites rather than serving our Lord. In fact, Paul here says that these are the people who are prone to flattery. We are instructed to avoid them because they will only be a hindrance to our own service before Christ. So, we look for genuine churches that are not full of divisive people and where obstacles are not being created. It turns out that the proclamation of the true gospel is essential to the existence of a genuine local church.
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