We have a hope that carries us, and we carry that hope for the world.
Romans 15:14-19
Acts 1:8 “you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Romans 15:20-22
Romans 1:13-15
Romans 1:16-17
Romans 15:23-31
Sometimes the greatest end-result is accomplished through the greatest difficulty.

Romans 15:4
The scriptures were written for our: (progressive)
instruction
endurance
encouragement
hope

Romans 15:5-6
Romans 15:7
Romans 15:8-12
Romans 15:13
The hope of God carries us, and we carry that hope for the world.
Isaiah 56:3, 6-8
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The hope of God carries us, and we carry that hope for the world.
Isaiah 15:13

Key Idea: We do all this for the sake of others, because that’s what love does.
Romans 14:1-23
Romans 14:23 NLT
Romans 14:14
If you are convinced something is sinful, don’t do it.

Romans 14:22

“Do not obtrude your faith or opinion on others. Be satisfied with cherishing the opinion, and acting on it in private, without bringing it forward to produce disturbance in the church.”

Romans 14:23
Romans 14:13
Romans 14:21
1 Corinthians 8:29
1 Corinthians 8:12

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Roman 15:1-3

Key Idea: We do all this For the Sake of Others, because that’s what love does.

Romans 13:8-10
Every sin that has ever been committed is a violation of love.
Romans 13:9
Matthew 5:21-22
Matthew 5:27-28

Romans 13:10
1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Real love toward someone looks like God’s love toward us.
Romans 5:8
John 15:13

Romans 13:11-12 a
Romans 13:12-14
We need to live and love with urgency.

Message by Emily Leverance

Romans 12:9-13

Romans 12:14-21

Romans 12:3-8

A spiritual gift is an expression of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer which empowers them to serve the body of Christ, the church.

Romans 12:3
Romans 12:4-5
1 Corinthians 12:12-27

We cannot survive or succeed without one another.

6Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them…

We are not measured by the gifts we have; we’re measured by how we use them.
Matthew 25:14-30
Romans 12:6-8

Are you serving in the body of Christ?
Are you using your unique gifts to serve?
Are you developing your spiritual gifts?

We are not measured by the gifts we have; we’re measured by how we use them.

“All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”

Romans 11:25-27
Isaiah 59:20-21
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Romans 11:28-29
2Timothy 2:11-13

God’s faithfulness to us doesn’t depend on our ability to match it.

Romans 11:30-32

God offers his mercy and grace to all… to every last one of us!

Romans 11:33-36
Romans 11:33
Do we acknowledge the greatness of his riches?
Do we trust the superiority of his wisdom?
Do we seek the perfection of His knowledge?
Do we see his judgements as unsearchable?
Do we view His ways as inscrutable?

Romans 11:34
Romans 11:35-36a
Psalm 50:10-12
Colossians 1:15-18
Romans 36b “To him be glory forever. Amen.”