Day 3

Scripture to Read: Romans 15:13

God had Paul pray another prayer in Romans 15:13, “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” According to this prayer, we are reminded that God is our God of hope. Our hope in this life has nothing to do with anything this world has to offer us. Our hope is in Christ, knowing He sacrificed His life for us to reconcile us to God the Father. Because we are reconciled to God the Father through Christ, we are made right with God and restored to a right relationship with Him. Because of our relationship with God the Father through Christ our Lord, we have the privilege of walking in sweet fellowship with Him daily. Therefore, God desires all believers to be daily filled with His joy and peace, knowing that we have placed our trust in Him through Christ our Lord. Joy and peace are not possible apart from God, but we can experience His joy and peace daily in Christ. God also wants us all to overflow with hope in His promises through the power of His Holy Spirit in us. We have this hope in Christ while also knowing He gives us His wisdom and knowledge to understand His promises. God never wants us to miss all we have in Christ because of His Holy Spirit in us. The good news in the first part of this prayer is evidence of God’s desire for each of us.

Challenge & Application

· How are you pursuing your fellowship with God and His Word so that you experience the fullness of His peace and joy? · How would you explain to others how you are abounding in hope, knowing all Christ has done for you?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

Today, we get the beautiful reminder from God, through Paul, that Christ came for both the Jews and the Gentiles. God had Paul write in Romans 15:8–9, “For I say that Christ has become a servant to the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God to confirm the promises given to the fathers, 9 and for the Gentiles to glorify God for His mercy.”...

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Day 2

As we saw yesterday, God’s plan has always been to offer salvation to the Jews and the Gentiles. So, let’s look deeper at what God offers us (as Gentiles) through Christ. No one deserves God’s grace and mercy, especially us Gentiles, but God wanted to make sure, as He led Paul to write to the Gentile believers in Rome, that they were part of ...

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Day 3

God had Paul pray another prayer in Romans 15:13, “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” According to this prayer, we are reminded that God is our God of hope. Our hope in this life has nothing to do with anything this world has to offer us. Our ...

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Day 4

>As we continue to examine the prayer that God led Paul to write, we see that God led Paul to remind the believers in Rome that they were full of goodness, not because they were good but because of Christ in them. God’s Word says in Romans 15:14, “And concerning you, my brethren, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full of good...

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Day 5

God allowed Paul (in Romans 15:15–16) to write, “But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of the grace that was given me from God, 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the gospel of God, so that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified ...

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Day 6

As we saw in yesterday’s devotion, God had Paul remind us how He had called Paul “to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles” (Romans 15:16). As God led Paul to continue, we read in Romans 15:17, “Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.” God has called us to do the same, for we also have n...

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Day 7

God used Paul in many miraculous ways as Paul served our Lord well in preaching the gospel to the Gentiles. We read at the end of Romans 15:19, “so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ” and then in Romans 15:20, “I aspired to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, s...

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