Tag: hope

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 Have you ever been overflowing with joy? Because of our sinful and dreary world, this does not happen very often. We spend…

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 15:5-6 God disciplines and trains us so that we can learn to unify together…

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Romans 12:12, 14 When circumstances determine your joy, you are living with a ball and chain called your flesh. Your flesh can give you only ever changing and fleeting happiness. This is both deceiving and…

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39 If someone said…

Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Romans 8:35, 37 What do you hold as precious? How would you feel if you lost what…

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance…

For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, and by Him we cry Abba, Father. Romans 8:15 Each one of us has had a time in our lives when we want to cry out to our Father for help. We often…

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1 We are surrounded by those who take opportunity to criticize us about our weaknesses and our limitations. These attitudes result in an atmosphere of fear and anxiety. Our heavenly Father does not look at us this way. He freely forgives…

Not only so, but we rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does notdisappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us. Romans 5:3-5 Suffering, pain, doubt and fear assault our attempts…