IN PURSUIT OF BETTER PRAYERS AND PLANS
Romans: A Global Gospel – Part 2 of 3
Romans 1.7-13
1 Corinthians 11.1 “Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.” (niv)
COMMITMENT TO PRAYING …
- Thankfully
v. 8 “… I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.” (esv)
* Really
vv. 9–10 “… God is my witness … that without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers …” (esv)
* Humbly
v. 10 “… asking that somehow by God’s will I may now at last succeed …” (esv)
COMMITMENT TO PLANNING FOR …
v. 13 “… I often planned to come to you (but was prevented until now) …” (csb)
** Strengthened Saints
vv. 11–12 “I long to … impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong … that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” (niv)
v. 15 “… I am eager to preach the gospel to you …” (esv)
** Saved Souls
v. 13 “… I have often intended to come to … reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.” (esv)
v. 14 “I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise.” (nkjv)
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