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Romans
Contributed by C. Philip Green on Feb 12, 2026 (message contributor)
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1. Gospel Power
Contributed on Feb 12, 2026
Find purpose and power in the Gospel, but only if you put your faith in the Gospel.
Jordan Tkacsik was looking through his friend Paul Bartlett’s sports memorabilia and trading card shop when he noticed something unusual in a section full of Pokémon collectibles. It was a Cheetos cheese puff, but not just any Cheeto. It was a Flamin’ Hot Cheeto that bore an uncanny ...read more
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2. God Give's Up
Contributed on Feb 19, 2026
To stem the tide of decay in our culture, share the truth, show gratitude, serve the Creator, and set the example of purity.
In an episode from the classic TV series, The Andy Griffith Show, Andy Taylor, the Sheriff of Mayberry, is out of town. His deputy, Barney Fife, is in charge, and he has deputized Gomer, the local mechanic. The two deputies are walking down the street one evening when they see someone robbing the ...read more
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3. Know Yourself
Contributed on Feb 27, 2026
If you want to live a meaningful life, then know yourself. That means rightly judge yourself and simply humble yourself by examining not only what you say and do; examine your own heart.
Two brothers had terrorized a small town for decades. They were unfaithful to their wives, abusive to their children, and dishonest in business. The younger brother died unexpectedly. The surviving brother went to the pastor of the local church. “I’d like you to conduct my brother’s funeral,” he ...read more
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4. Need Help?
Contributed on Mar 5, 2026
Don’t look to the law for help; look to Christ. To be sure, learn from the law. Learn the truth about God and yourself. But if you want to make true and lasting changes to your life, lean hard on Jesus.
Perhaps, you remember an old Lowe's Hardware commercial, which shows a do-it-yourselfer installing a new ceiling fan in his family's living room. He proudly gives the fan one last little turn, climbs off the aluminum ladder, and steps aside to turn on the switch. After he turns it on, he ...read more
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5. Father Abraham
Contributed on Mar 14, 2026
If you want to clean up the mess in your life, renounce your works, renounce your rites, renounce your failed attempts to keep the law, and simply rely on the promise of God's Son.
A pastor in Kansas City was calling neighborhood grocery stores and laundromats to set up some community service projects for church members to show the love of Christ around town. On one call, the employee who answered the phone hesitated, then said, “I'll need to ask the manager, but first, ...read more
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6. Profitable Pride
Contributed on Mar 19, 2026
When God declares you righteous and reconciles you to Himself, you can and should boast in your hope, boast in your pain, and boast in your God.
A young construction worker at a construction site was bragging that he was stronger than everybody else there. He focused his remarks on making fun of one of the older workmen. After several minutes, the older worker had had enough. “Why don't you put your money where your mouth is?” he said ...read more
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7. Choose Your Legacy
Contributed on Apr 2, 2026
Reject Adam’s legacy of sin and death. Instead, accept Christ’s legacy and choose life over death, justification over judgment, power over weakness, and good over evil.
Several years ago, a South Carolina funeral home planned to open a “Coffee Corner” in the mortuary itself. They installed a fireplace and a television, stocked it with Starbucks coffee, and offered WiFi. The funeral home's owner said he did it to help mourners “get their minds off what's ...read more
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8. Alive To God
Contributed on Apr 10, 2026
Consider yourself a saint and commit yourself to God. That’s the only way to victory over sin in your life.
Rafiq Abdul Mortland clearly needed to choose another career. The 38-year-old found that what he was doing put him under pressure, not to mention that the work was illegal. Mortland committed a string of robberies in Hennepin County, Minnesota. After capture, he received a sentence of eight to ten ...read more
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9. Free From The Law
Contributed on Apr 15, 2026
If you want to be all that God has called you to be, stop straining to keep the law, which no longer has any control over you and can only condemn you and keep you in bondage to sin.
David Seamands tells the story of an alchemist who sold villagers a special powder that he claimed would turn water into gold provided that when they mixed it, they never thought of red monkeys. Of course, no one ever got the gold, because they could not tell themselves not to think about red ...read more
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10. Life In The Spirit
Contributed on Apr 23, 2026
If you want to improve the quality of your life, depend on God’s Spirit who delivers you, dwells within you, and directs you.
From his hospital bed on the eve of open-heart surgery, Pastor Bruce McIver asked his cardiologist, Dr. Dudley Johnson, “Can you fix my heart?” The physician, known for being short and to the point, said, “Sure.” Then he quickly turned and walked away. Following the 12-hour surgery, McIver asked ...read more
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11. Groaning For Glory
Contributed on Apr 30, 2026
If you want to endure “the sufferings of this present time,” weigh your pain in light of the glory ahead, wait with patience for the glory ahead, and pray with promise of the glory ahead.
In his book, What God Has to Say About Our Bodies, Sam Allberry shares the following: Certain things change when you [get old]: The world starts becoming too loud; You get excited about going to bed; You still get badly hurt, but now you don't have a good story for it. The fact is, when ...read more
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12. More Than Conquerors
Contributed on May 7, 2026
If you want to succeed in life, believe that God loves you, believe that Jesus loves you, and believe that they will love you forever.
Little Denny came to his pre-school class one morning bubbling with excitement about having played tee ball the night before. “We won our game! “ he said. “Did you get any hits?” his teacher asked. “Yes,” Denny answered. “And some scratches too” (Dorothy Hsu, Columbus, Ohio, “Kids of the ...read more
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13. Disappointment With God
Contributed on May 13, 2026
When it seems that God has disappointed you, remember that God is good; remember that God is true to His Word; remember that God is fair; and remember that God is Lord.
Several years ago, Donald Drusky took God to court. The one-time employee of USX Corporation blamed God for failing to rectify the wrong done to him when he was fired in 1968. Drusky waged a 30-year battle with the steelmaker, before deciding to take legal action against God. The suit read: The ...read more
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14. Simple Faith
Contributed on May 20, 2026
To receive God's gift of righteousness, seize the opportunity put before you today and simply believe in Christ. Then simply proclaim Christ to a world in desperate need of Him.
Several years ago, psychologist Richard Wiseman described an experiment in which volunteers watched a 30-second video. Two teams were passing a basketball, and the researcher asked them to count the number of passes one of the teams made. What he didn’t tell them was that halfway through the video, ...read more
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15. Feeling Rejected
Contributed on May 26, 2026
When it seems God has rejected you, look around at what God is doing in your world, look away at what God is doing beyond your world, look ahead at what God will do, and look up at God himself with wonder and awe.
Max Lucado talks about the time when his oldest daughter was about six years old. They were discussing his work as a pastor. She told her dad, “I like you as a preacher. I just really wish you sold snow cones.” That makes sense coming from a 6-year-old. After all, the happiest people in the world ...read more
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16. Living Sacrifice
Contributed on Jun 11, 2026
In response to God’s amazing love, give Him your body, mind, and gifts.
In 1973, Tony Orlando sang a song which topped the charts that year. It was about a man who has “done his time” in prison and is now returning home on a bus. He has written his sweetheart, asking her to “tie a yellow ribbon ‘round the old oak tree” if she still wants him. “If I don’t see a ribbon ...read more