Hey, friend, thanks for joining us for today's word of encouragement from the Our Daily Brad

Devotional. Our reading for today was written by Marvin Williams, and he titled it,

A Beginner's Guide to Life. After my mother's sudden death, I was motivated to start blogging.

I wanted to write posts that would inspire people to use their minutes on earth to create

significant life moments.

So, I turned to a beginner's guide to blogging.

I learned what platform to use, how to choose titles, and how to craft

compelling posts. And in 2016, my first blog post was born. Paul wrote a beginner's guide that

explains how to obtain eternal life. In Romans 6, verses 16 through 18, he contrasts the fact that we're all born in

rebellion to God with the truth that Jesus can help us be set free from our sin. Paul then describes

the difference between being a slave to sin and a slave to God and his life-giving ways. He continues by stating that the wages of sin is death,

but the gift of God is eternal life. Death means being separated from God forever. This is the

devastating outcome we face when we reject Christ, but God has offered us a gift in Jesus, new life.

It's the kind of life that begins on earth and continues forever in heaven with Him.

Paul's beginner's guide to eternal life leaves us with two choices, choosing sin, which leads to death,

or choosing Jesus' gift, which leads to eternal life.

May you receive his gift of life.

And if you've already accepted Christ, may you share this gift with others today.

Now let's hear about the gospel or good news of Jesus Christ in today's Our Daily Bread Devotional Scripture reading. It's from Romans chapter 6, verses 16 through 23.

Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the

one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which

leads to righteousness.

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