Mutually Encouraged
By Each Other’s Faith
First, I thank my God through Jesus
Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the world.
For God, whom I serve with my spirit by announcing the gospel of his Son, is my
witness that without ceasing I remember you always in my prayers, asking that
by God’s will I may somehow at last succeed in coming to you. For I am longing
to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen you –
or rather so that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both
yours and mine. I want you to know, brothers and sisters,
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. I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to barbarians, both
to the wise and to the foolish – hence my eagerness to proclaim the gospel to
you also who are in
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.
It is a terrible thing to watch a
family member have to deal with memory loss. It is also terrible when someone
young faces a debilitating event in their life which changes their life permanently.
Regardless of our circumstances there are always ways to proclaim Jesus as our
Savior. When God closes a door He opens a window. Look to Jesus in prayer. Do
what you can to lead people to Jesus so their sins can be forgiven and they can
go to heaven. Be bold and trust in the Lord, regardless of where you are.
Talking to
Christ about others
gives us the
passion
to talk to
others about Christ.