Day 39 - Romans 10:5 - 10:13

5 For Moses writes that the law’s way of making a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands. 6 But faith’s way of getting right with God says, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will go up to heaven?’ (to bring Christ down to earth). 7 And don’t say, ‘Who will go down to the place of the dead?’ (to bring Christ back to life again).” 8 In fact, it says,

“The message is very close at hand;

    it is on your lips and in your heart.”
And that message is the very message about faith that we preach: 9 If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved. 11 As the Scriptures tell us, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.” 12 Jew and Gentile are the same in this respect. They have the same Lord, who gives generously to all who call on him. 13 For “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

Tori's Comments:
And the reason that it seems so simple is because faith is our weapon it against the enemy. It is powerful to believe what God says.

"They have the same Lord, who gives generously to all who call on him."

He has certainly given generously to us.

Terrie's Comments:
This passage dismisses the theory of being a quiet Christian.  "For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by OPENLY DECLARING YOUR FAITH that you are saved".  You can't keep it to yourself and at the same time openly declare the same thing that you are keeping to yourself.  I need to work on this... anyone else with me on this?

Take our personal comments or leave them. We would love to hear what stood out to you about today`s passage and how it encouraged you. Tell us in the comments below!

Day 36 - Romans 9:19 - 9:26

19 Well then, you might say, “Why does God blame people for not responding? Haven’t they simply done what he makes them do?”20 No, don’t say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God? Should the thing that was created say to the one who created it, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into? 22 In the same way, even though God has the right to show his anger and his power, he is very patient with those on whom his anger falls, who are destined for destruction. 23 He does this to make the riches of his glory shine even brighter on those to whom he shows mercy, who were prepared in advance for glory. 24 And we are among those whom he selected, both from the Jews and from the Gentiles.25 Concerning the Gentiles, God says in the prophecy of Hosea,“Those who were not my people,    I will now call my people.And I will love those    whom I did not love before.”
26 And,“Then, at the place where they were told,    ‘You are not my people,’there they will be called    ‘children of the living God.’”

Terrie's Comments:

The thing that stands out in this passage is that the bottom line is that everyone has a choice to be Children of the living God.  Verse 25 and 26 see a switch between the old and new covenant.  Through the Blood of Jesus Christ we are all saved, loved, cherished, God's people, God's children.  He has made a way where there wasn't a way before for anyone to be reconciled to Himself.... More great news!

Tori's Comments:

Does this go back to our whole purpose in life? (Which is glorifying God, right?)

Take our personal comments or leave them. We would love to hear what stood out to you about today`s passage and how it encouraged you. Tell us in the comments below!

Day 29 - Romans 8:9 - 8:17

9 But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.) 10 And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. 11 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.

12 Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. 13 For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” 16 For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. 17 And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.

Tori's Comments:

"you have been made right with God" *insert contented sigh*

"you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do". This is something that I feel like if I stopped right at my moment of temptation and just asked "Why am I doing this? Why am I wanting to do this?" it would probably stop. Because God is greater, and I know whose side I am on. 

We are children of God! Heirs! What an epic amazing cool mind-blowingly awesome thought.

Terrie's Comments:

But if we share in his glory, we must also share in his suffering... what does this look like?  I feel like the biggest obstacle in North America is to get past fear of what other people think.  Sometimes the decisions that the Holy Spirit will prompt us to make and stand up for are not on other people's radars and we need to set aside our pride and care more about what God thinks than any other human being in our world.  But the good news is that we have help.  The same spirit that rose Jesus from the grave lives inside of us!  We are not alone in this.

Take our personal comments or leave them. We would love to hear what stood out to you about today`s passage and how it encouraged you. Tell us in the comments below!

HALFWAY THERE!!!

HALFWAY THERE!!!

I keep bouncing between being happy and sad, but because we've all made it this far, I have a treat.

Are you ready?



I wrote a song for y'all (excuse my Texan)!

Now, this song just so happens to have the exact same tune as He Knows by Jeremy Camp. Just a coincidence, I'm sure, but here's that song so you can hear the beat:

The part that's so similar, the chorus, starts at about 42 seconds. 

And here are the lyrics so you can sing along:

He brews

He brews

Every coffee, every tea

When you're done you'll have to pee

He brews

*oh oh woah oh woah oh woah oh woah*

Of course, his chorus is longer than mine, but I went for a simpler and stronger message, you know?

15 MORE DAYS!!! We got this.

I LOVE that song Tori... Thank you for sharing :-)