The following resource is from desiring God.org. 10 reasons, 10 effects of Romans 9 on my life.

Number one. And when I say Romans nine I mean the God of Romans nine, the God

of sovereignty, the God of unconditional election, the God who has mercy on whom he wills and hardens whom he wills,

the God who does all thing to magnify his glory to the vessels of mercy.

Number one, it makes me confident that God's word will not fail,

and all the promises of Romans 8

will prove true for me in the worst suffering.

That's his main reason, so I put that first.

Two, it makes me stand in awe of God and leads me into the depth of true God-centered worship.

I am burdened that the Evangelical Church in America is so light-hearted. That's not the best word to use because it's not wrong to be light-hearted.

If your heart is weighted down with great and glorious things.

I just mean there's just so many church services and

and all kinds of things where everything has to be funny,

everything has to be jokes, everything has to be,

y'all come, kind of a living room atmosphere,

and just never any sense of wonder never any sense of

weight never in her sense of massive reverence that's who America is we're viewed

that way around the world we are we are a chipper funny light-hearted

people all you do is turn on the television it's all silly it's all silly

you fend a lot of people pick your favorite TV show. I mean even if you find a show that looks halfway worthwhile, the ads destroy it. Because the ads are still.

He says there's 10 advertisements,

and they all appeal to the most stupid,

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