A look at the history of the Church in Rome and the beginning of Paul's letter to this church. Paul wanted to visit the church in order to strengthen them and to be strengthened by them.
We, Pastors, need our congregations to strengthen us as much or perhaps more than the congregation needs to be strengthened by us. This reassuring, guiding, and growing is a two-way street of blessing.
Be a blessing to someone today!
In Christ,
Roy
Romans 1:8-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Prayer of Thanksgiving
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the world. 9 For God, whom I serve with my spirit by announcing the gospel[a] of his Son, is my witness that without ceasing I remember you always in my prayers, 10 asking that by God’s will I may somehow at last succeed in coming to you. 11 For I am longing to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— 12 or rather so that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine. 13 I want you to know, brothers and sisters,[b] that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as I have among the rest of the Gentiles. 14 I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish 15 —hence my eagerness to proclaim the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
The Power of the Gospel
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “The one who is righteous will live by faith.”[c]
Footnotes:
a) Romans 1:9 Gk my spirit in the gospel
b) Romans 1:13 Gk brothers
c) Romans 1:17 Or The one who is righteous through faith will live
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