Memory Verse:
And
we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who
love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
Romans 8:28
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| Hope of life...a blossom in the desert. |
Study this
verse in context. Read it two or three times. Paul was writing to the people at
the church in Rome concerning sanctification and hope as part of God’s family.
What is it really saying to you? Do you find hope in this passage?
Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the
glory he will reveal to us later. For all creation is waiting eagerly for that
future day when God will reveal who his children really are. Against its will,
all creation was subjected to God's curse. But with eager hope, the creation
looks forward to the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom
from death and decay. For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the
pains of childbirth right up to the present time. And we believers also groan,
even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory,
for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait
with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his
adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us. We were given
this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don't need to
hope for it. But if we look forward to something we don't yet have, we must
wait patiently and confidently.) And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness.
For example, we don't know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit
prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father
who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for
us believers in harmony with God's own will. And we know that God causes
everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called
according to his purpose for them. For God knew his people in advance,
and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn
among many brothers and sisters. And having chosen them, he called them to come
to him. And having called them, he gave them right standing with himself. And
having given them right standing, he gave them his glory. Romans 8:18-30
Hope and
prayer are themes in this section of the book of Romans. The memory verse gives
us a special hope…knowing that God makes things work together for the good of
those who love Him. What more could we want out of life? Knowing and loving God
should give us hope. And when we don’t know how or even what to pray…the Holy
Spirit prays for us. Wow. That is love—praying for us when we don’t know what
to say.
Consider how
you see God working in your life…and in the lives of your family, friends,
coworkers and neighbors.
Prayer
~ Jesus—may my attitude reflect Your glory and honor. I want to serve You with
the highest devotion that You and our Heavenly Father deserve in all that I do.
Please help me and each person reading this to choose to follow You and may we
see evidence of You working in our lives.
Daily
Bible Reading: Isaiah 49-53
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