Week #46 - 2-Minute Devotional w/ Omar Calvillo

Romans 15:30 — “Join Me in My Struggle”

In this 2-Minute Devotional, Omar Calvillo unpacks Paul’s heartfelt request for prayer in Romans 15:30 and shows why prayer is more than support - it’s partnership.

Paul reminds us that praying for someone is stepping into their battle with them. It’s locking arms, fighting side-by-side, and letting the Spirit unite us in love and purpose. Even strong believers need others holding them up.

Omar breaks down:

• Why intercession is active spiritual warfare
 • How the Spirit connects us when we pray
 • Why asking for prayer is wisdom, not weakness
 • How God uses community to lift us when we’re tired
 • Why victory is rarely individual—it’s communal

As From Wrong to Strong Ministries enters a new season of outreach and growth, Omar also invites listeners to keep the ministry lifted in prayer.

A powerful reminder that none of us were meant to fight alone.

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Hello, brothers and sisters. This is Omar Calvillo with From Wrong to Strong Ministries. Today's devotional comes from Romans 15, verse 30, where the Apostle Paul gives us a powerful reminder about prayer and spiritual partnership. The verse reads, I urge you brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. Paul wasn't writing from comfort. He was stepping into danger. Resistance and ministry that press heavily on his life yet instead of acting like he could handle it alone. Paul says something honest, humble, and deeply human. I need you. Pray for me. One. Prayer is partnership. The phrase Join me in My struggle in Greek carries the idea of striving together, fighting side by side in the same battle. Paul is reminding us, praying for someone is not passive. It's participation. when you pray for someone who's hurting, tempted, discouraged, or called into something big, you're stepping onto the battlefield with them. you're locking arms in the fight. Two. Prayer connects us through Christ and the Spirit Paul appeals by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the spirit. He's showing us that the same Jesus who saved us and the same spirit who fills us, also unites us. So our prayers for others aren't driven by duty. They're driven by love. Sometimes the spirit puts someone on your heart out of nowhere. That's not random. That's God inviting you to intercede. Three, even strong believers need prayer. Paul planted churches, healed the sick, cast out demons, and wrote scripture, and he still said. I cannot do this alone! If Paul needed people praying for him, every one of us does. Pastors, leaders, fathers, mothers, new believers, seasoned believers asking for prayer isn't weakness. It's wisdom. Four, the power of others holding you up. intercession is often what carries you when you can't carry yourself. Think of Moses in Exodus chapter 17, when his arms grew tired, Aaron and Hur held them up. And Israel won the battle. That's what prayer does when you can't lift your arms, God sends people who will. Your breakthrough may come through someone else's prayer. Your protection may come through the prayers of a friend, a spouse, or a church family Five. We need community that prays. One of the dangers of our culture, especially for men, is trying to fight alone. Paul teaches the opposite. He says, Join Me. Help Me. Pray With Me. Your strength may be individual, but your victory is communal, meaning in community. If Paul needed the church to pray, if Moses needed help holding up his arms, then so do we. Don't be afraid to ask for prayer. Don't pretend you're too strong to struggle and don't hesitate to lift someone else up. Your prayer might be the one that shifts their battle. And just like Paul asked the church to join him in his struggle, I want to humbly ask you to keep our ministry in your prayers. From wrong to strong ministries is stepping into a new season as a nonprofit, launching new outreaches, and sharing the gospel in bigger ways. And we cannot do this alone. Pray that God strengthens us, guides us, protects us, and opens up the doors he wants us to walk through. My name is Omar Calvillo, and I am wrong. Too strong.