For your good and His glory
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. —Romans 8:28 Romans 8:28 is not a slogan to cross-stitch and hang on the wall. It is a truth God wants to plant deep in your heart, something to stand on […]
Praying with power
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. —Romans 8:26 Go ahead, you can admit it, prayer is hard work. There is a weakness within us that makes praying difficult. […]
You need hope
For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? —Romans 8:24-25 Did you know that you need hope? We all do. The Swiss theologian Emil Brunner said, “What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of human life.” […]
There is hope in the world to come
For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. —Romans 8:22-23 Here’s an understatement: we live in […]
The redemption of creation
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. —Romans 8:19 You and I have a promise of a better day. There is a perfect day coming, and according to Paul, all of creation is leaning forward on tiptoe, waiting for it, “waiting with eager longing for the revealing […]