Notice who’s really in charge (ROMANS 13:1-2): Christian Daily Devotional Bible Study and Prayer

Morning Mindset Christian Daily Devotional Bible study and prayer

Carey Green

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🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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TODAY'S SCRIPTURE:

Romans 13:1–7 - [1] Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. [2] Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. [3] For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, [4] for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. [5] Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. [6] For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. [7] Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed. (ESV)

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0:00.0	Hello there, my friends, and welcome back to the morning mindset. Hope you doing well today. Let me start
0:09.6	out by asking you a question, who is really in charge of your nation, whatever country of the
0:16.3	world you live in? It's not a trick question, but the answer may be a little different than you think it is.
0:23.6	We're going to get to that in just a moment. Welcome to the morning mindset. I'm thankful that you're
0:28.3	with me. It's our opportunity to get our minds aligned with the truth of God's word for this day.
0:33.9	If you're new to the morning mindset, welcome. I'm thankful that you're here. And you may not be aware that the morning mindset is a listener-fueled project. By that, I mean that listeners support the morning mindset. Some for as little as $5 a month, others for higher amounts. But whatever you can do, if you could become a monthly partner, I would
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1:12.1	morning mindset. Okay, friends, today we are digging back into Romans chapter 13 versus one and two
1:19.4	specifically are what we're going to look at. Now, yesterday's episode, we read a lengthy passage
1:24.2	one through seven and it's all the same context. But today I want to dig in
1:28.7	a little more into what Paul is saying here about our submission to governmental authorities.
1:35.7	So before we do that, though, it's important that you and I pray so that we can have our
1:42.1	hearts in the right place. So Lord, we ask you to give us insight and wisdom
1:47.6	as we consider the truths of Romans chapter 13. Give us your thoughts. Enable us to think as you think.
1:56.3	In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Okay, friends, get out your Bibles. Get out your morning mindset journal.
2:03.0	If you have one, we're going to be looking at Romans 13, verses one and two. Let me read those
2:08.4	verses for us. Says, let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no
2:15.5	authority except from God. and those that exist have been
2:19.4	instituted by God. Therefore, whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed,
2:27.0	and those who resist will encourage judgment. Okay, so at the beginning of the episode,
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