[S] Romans 15:18-19 --
18For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed, 19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
(NLT) 18 Yet I dare not boast about anything except what Christ has done through me, bringing the Gentiles to God by my message and by the way I worked among them. 19 They were convinced by the power of miraculous signs and wonders and by the power of God’s Spirit. In this way, I have fully presented the Good News of Christ from Jerusalem all the way to Illyricum.
[O] Paul testifies his evangelism plan which is nothing but to boast about what Christ has done through him. If he had a plan, it would've been to let the miraculous wonders of Jesus Christ shine through the actual power of God. It's almost like stepping aside so God can show off what He can do instead of attracting the attention of men toward what he is doing. Seems like a very simple and yet dynamic plan of not only bringing the Gentiles to God but putting all the glory to God and not on any man.
[A] It is so easy to get all the attention of doing God's ministry and Paul's model is an excellent one to keep in mind and to model after in all my ministry involvements. Additionally, whenever the plans of doing God's ministry get too complicated, it should be a warning sign to me that I may be getting in the way of God.
[P] Dear Father, I want to stay aside from getting in the way of Your miraculous wonders to take place to impact the "Gentiles" from drawing closer to You. Thank You for giving me this model to follow after. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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