Romans 1:24-27

Angela, Keep on preaching girl! I feel like sometimes you don't feel comfortable and I just want you to know that you can keep going if you feel led to. I love the words you sent and your views on the verses especially on verse 26-27, I do have felt that way about homosexuality and our lack of God in this country. I bet even if we went to little tribes who don't worship our God they probably do not have this rampant sexual immorality. - Tina

Dear Father God,

Thank you for our time together with you today, I ask you to reveal yourself to us and help us uncover your truths. Speak to our hearts and our spirits, heal us with your presence. Amen

24: So God let them go ahead and do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, the did vile and degrading things with each others bodies.

You mentioned this too that this verse does belong grouped with 23. They traded in the living holy perfect God and instead worshiped dead idols and humanity. WE worship the creator of all living things, the maker of heaven and earth. We love his creation and all the people in it, we would never take a life or abuse something of God's creation because it is an extension of God. Those who do not worship God have this portion of their humanity cut off, it suddenly becomes ok to do things to hurt others or yourself. I am thinking of all the sins being committed against children, being kidnapped, raped and then mutilated. Years ago like when our grandparents were young you never heard of such things happening in the world. It was just completely unthinkable, now in our world it happens all the time, there are books about it, movies, and thousands of missing and lost children. 

25 Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they worshiped the things God made but not the creator himself, who is to be praised forever, Amen.

The veil is covering the eyes of the people in Rome and our brothers and sisters now. So distracted are we, so little time do we have to hear the word of God. People today are so lost and is it any wonder they have their eyes covered with a lie.  Lord Jesus help me to see the truth around me, to live in your truth everyday, keep my eyes clear and present and watching out for your return. Amen

26 That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relationships with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men and , as a result, suffered within themselves the penalty they so richly deserved.

The words God abandoned them to their shameful desires hits a chord with me. The people had made their choice, they chose to be Godless, to worship creation, idols and self gratification what else could God do but to walk away and leave them to their sins. I don't believe he abandoned them, I think he would welcome them back if they truly wanted to return but while they are in the middle of this gluttony fest of sex and lust and vile behavior he chooses not to watch and who can blame him!  This portion of Romans is so parallel to our world today, it is so sad to see that our society is so lost to the truth, they have their eyes covered as well as their ears. When the truth is spoken in a public way it is blasted by the media and seen as hateful or judgmental. Makes me feel sad and it does make it harder to keep living a life of faith, sometimes it feels like the world would love to suck it right out of me!

Lord thank you for your word and for your voice in our lives. Lord I ask that you help me live a life a faith everyday, that the world would have no negative impact on my faith in you. Help me to guard my eyes and ears to the real lies being promoted in society, help me to see your truths everywhere I look. Lord I ask for complete healing for Angela, Echo, and myself. That what ever is bound up inside of us, disease, depression, dis pare, arthritis, immune systems that you would heal all of those. I trust that you will do what you say you will do. I know you created these bodies and immune systems and I believe that you could take these aliments away in one quick moment. Lord Jesus I ask to just touch your robe and feel my afflictions leave. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.