My Cell Phone Is Dead

     Well, it least it was dead the other day.  I've been having issues with my cell phone battery when it will just die in the middle of the day.  I'm not sure if I'm not charging it long enough or what but it has been frustrating.  Yet, the other day I was thankful (by the end of the day) when my cell phone died.  The reason why I was thankful is because it gave me more time to memorize Scripture.  Far too often, my phone can be a controlling idol in my life.  I was thankful the idol was dead for the time being.  Now that my battery is fully charged, I want to make sure it is dead in regards to ruling my life.  The passage that I worked on memorizing the other day was Romans 8:1-5.  I've challenged our church family to memorize Romans 8:1-5 during the month of September.  It's not a monumental task but at least it's a start.
     Romans 8 is one of the best chapters in all of the Bible.  In my opinion, it summarizes the New Testament in one chapter.  It is a robust theology of God and a practical reminder as to how we should live daily as Christ-followers.
 
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life who gives life set me free from the law of death.  For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering.  And so God condemned sin in the flesh so that the righteous requirements of the law might be met in us who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.  Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.  -- Romans 8:1-5 --