Breaking Up is Hard to Do

God Instructs the People of God

God's People Learn from Prosperity:

God's Promises Fulfilled

Romans 9:1-5 (The Message)

^1-5 At the same time, you need to know that I carry with me at all times a huge sorrow. It's an enormous pain deep within me, and I'm never free of it. I'm not exaggerating—Christ and the Holy Spirit are my witnesses. It's the Israelites...If there were any way I could be cursed by the Messiah so they could be blessed by him, I'd do it in a minute. They're my family. I grew up with them. They had everything going for them—family, glory, covenants, revelation, worship, promises, to say nothing of being the race that produced the Messiah, the Christ, who is God over everything, always. Oh, yes!

For Reflection

Christ knew that following him would mean assuming a great sacrifice.  Here Paul expresses the great sorrow that many Jews did not accept Christ as the Messiah.  To what extent has practicing Christianity produced sorrow for you?

Pray
for those who have rejected the invitation for salvation.