Romans 1:16 Amplified
“For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ for it is God’s power working unto salvation [ for deliverance from eternal death] to everyone who believes with a personal trust and a confident surrender and firm reliance to the Jew and also to the Greek.”
This verse just struck me as I was reading it. I always seem to look around the room when it is time to pray over my food especially when I know that there are unbelievers near by. I get a nervous vibration and then I hear the Lord ask, “Are you ashamed of ME that you would not give thanks for your food in front of others?” Ouch! The answer deep down inside is yes because I feel like I am an indequet representation of Him. In reality others can see what God has done in and through me and know I am believer. I have had to retrace my steps in my faith through this verse by asking myself the following questions:
1. Do I have a personal trust in Christ?
2. Have I confidently surrendered my life to Christ?
3. Do I firmly rely on Him?
I write on this blog, teach kids at church, work with a women’s ministry, involved in small groups in my church and yet I feel that I might be an embarassment if iI pray in front of and for others. Prayer is something that we as Believers have an open invitation to every moment of every day. Yet I fear that I stumble over my words and that my prayers are not affective however that is one area of my marriage that I desire most. Praying with my husband over the past week has been great. His car has broken down twice and now I am driving Him to work but I have an assurance in my heart that everything will be okay. GOD IS IN CONTROL. We pray in the evening before I go to sleep and that seems to be working fine for us now.
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