Romans 13:5-7

Praise God! 3 more verses down!

Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

Romans 13:2-4

I barely squeezed these in today! Praise God for helping me to do it even when I wanted to just do something else tonight. Thank you, Lord, for your faithfulness to me!

Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.

The Gospel Song

Right now the kids are having playtime in their beds. I heard Chloe singing the Gospel Song. So sweet to hear those words coming from her mouth! Then I heard, "Jake, can you sing it with me, bud?" She began the song again, attempting to teach Jake the words. This is one of those moments I want to remember. I pray that the words of that song will be real to their hearts someday!

The Gospel Song (by Sovereign Grace Music):

Holy God in love became

Perfect man to bear my blame

On the cross he took my sin

By his death I live again.

Romans 13:1

Chapter 13 begins today! Yippee!

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

Romans 12:19-21

By the grace of God and by His help I finished chapter 12 today!! Praise God!!

Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord." To the contrary, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head." Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.