Kristi Burchfiel

VERSE: Romans 9:31-32–but Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law. Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.TRUTH: The people of Israel had missed God’s plan for them. He brought about a way to be saved through faith and they were still trying to work to gain God’s grace. Are we trying to get to God by faith through grace, or are we still working to justify ourselves by our own deeds? RESPONSE: Father, thank You for making a way for us to come to You through Your grace since my…

VERSE: Romans 8:35–Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? TRUTH: The answer: none of them will. God loves us. No matter what we go through (and we will go through difficulty), we will not be separated from God’s love. His love for us is there in the midst of everything we experience. Do we have our hope and trust in God’s love? RESPONSE: Lord, You love me! When I go through hard times, difficulties, persecution, and every other trial of life, I will trust Your love for me.

VERSE: Romans 7:19–For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. TRUTH: We can try our hardest to live the perfect Christian life, but we will always fail. Each day, we want to be faithful and obedient, but we find ourselves doing things we do not want to do. We must realize that we cannot live the Christian life on our own. We need Jesus Christ to live in and through us every day. Only through Him can we do what we want to do to be obedient and pleasing to God. RESPONSE: Lord, I want to please…

VERSE: Romans 6:1-2–What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? TRUTH: God’s grace is sufficient to cover all our sins, but that doesn’t mean we should use that as an excuse to sin more. Our lives in Christ are dead to sin and we don’t desire to continue it if we’ve accepted Jesus Christ. Do we desire the things God desires? God’s grace can cover everything we’ve ever done or will do, but our desire going forward is for Him. RESPONSE: Lord, You can indeed cover all my…

VERSE: Romans 5:20–the Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased grace abounded all the more. TRUTH: Why did God give us the Ten Commandments and other laws? So we would be able to see for ourselves that we fail to meet His standards of perfection by ourselves. The Law is there to convict sinners that they need a Savior. Jesus Christ died so that grace might be available for all to cover the sins the Law has revealed to us. RESPONSE: Father, thank You for showing me that I need You and that Your grace covers all my sins. Help me to share the…

VERSE: Romans 4:20–yet with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief, but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God. TRUTH: Abraham had received a promise from God. Even though it was many years before God fulfilled it, Abraham waited, growing strong in faith that God would fulfill His promise. When we feel we are waiting on God, do we waver in our belief or not? Like Abraham, do we give glory to God even in the waiting? RESPONSE: Lord, while I am waiting for You to bring about Your will, I pray You will use this to grow my faith and trust in You.…

VERSE: Romans 3:23–for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. TRUTH: Why do we need Jesus? Because on our own we cannot hope to measure up to God’s standard of perfection. We have all fallen short and missed the mark of perfection God requires. Thankfully, God has made a way for us to be made right with Him through Jesus Christ. RESPONSE: Lord, I praise You that You are Holy and perfect. Thank You for making a way for me, since I am not. Today, I will remember Your sacrifice for me and the whole world, so we can be made right with You.

VERSE: Romans 2:13–for it is not the hearers of the law who are justified before God, but the doers of the law will be justified. TRUTH: God’s law is perfect and the only way to be right with God is to practice all of it perfectly. Since we can’t hope to do that, thankfully Jesus Christ came and lived the life that God demanded of us so that through His sacrifice we might be made right with God. Still just hearing about this sacrifice is not enough. We must accept it as our own. RESPONSE: Lord, help me to share Your love with all so they will make the choice…

VERSE: Romans 1:8–First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world. TRUTH: We have so many things to be thankful for. We are to praise God for the people in different places throughout the world proclaiming Jesus Christ. We praise God for how people are sharing Christ throughout the world! RESPONSE: Lord, I thank You that we have so many friends across the globe that are proclaiming Jesus Christ. I pray You will encourage all Your followers today, no matter where the are, and let them know how much they are loved and appreciated!

VERSE: Psalm 89:15–How blesses are the people who know the joyful sound! O Lord, they walk in the light of Your countenance. TRUTH: With all that we hear each day, do we know the joyful sound of the Lord? Can we identify Him working and moving in our life each day? Knowing Him and recognizing His moving in our life daily gives us joy and blessing. It allows us to walk in the light of His countenance, not the darkness of our own. RESPONSE: Lord, even when my world looks dark, You are moving and working. Help me to see Your fingerprints on my life today and walk in Your…