Hello my friends and welcome back to the morning mindset. It's time for you and for me to

get our minds aligned with the truth of God. If you're a long time listener to the morning

mindset you'll recognize we have some different music this morning. I've had a number of

comments throughout the years that the previous music was just a little too jarring, a little

too abrupt for a devotional time like this. And so I finally have gotten some music that

I feel good about. This is an old standard hymn, joyful, joyful. But with a little more

of a modern twist to it. So I hope that you enjoy it. I'd love to hear from you about

the music or not. You can contact me, Carrie, C-A-R-E-Y, at carrygreen.com. All right, we're

continuing our study of the Book of Romans. We are in chapter number 15 today looking

at verses 15 and 16. And the Apostle Paul has been telling us that his desire in writing

to these Roman believers is to encourage their faith. And he says here in verses 15 and

16, he says, but on some points, I've written to you very boldly by way of reminder. Because

of the grace of God given me by God to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles,

in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may

be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. Paul is pointing out to us that sometimes

we need to be reminded of the foundational issues of the truths that undergird the things

that we do. And in this context, he's talking about the things we do as believers in Christ.

We need to be reminded, what is it that makes us Christians in the first place? What

is it that God has done that motivates us and moves us in life to live a Christian life?

And he's saying on some of those points, he's written very boldly, he's been blunt.

He has laid out the truth without apology, which really is the way that it should be laid

out. Because we need to hear the unvarnished truth of God so that we can align our minds

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