A chief strategy of the evil one is to isolate Christians. He wants us to believe that we are part of nothing larger than the squabbles in our church committee meetings Satan tries to shrink our conception of what God is doing and make us feel part of something small.
This morning I will continue preaching in our Romans project. I plan to focus on Romans 1:8. Here we see that one of the ways that Paul sought to encourage the Romans was by assuring them that there was a global awareness of their faith that extended far beyond Rome.
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. . . (Romans 1:8a)
We should encourage others in the same way.
Is there a missionary, or a believer in some other part of the country that you can email or write today and say,
“Your faith is known and proclaimed. I’m thankful for you. I’m praying for you. I thank God that we are part of the Body together.”
“Your faith is known and proclaimed. I’m thankful for you (and Jamie). I’m praying for you (and your precious family). I thank God that we (the Hunters and the Brauns) are part of the Body together.”