✝️ Romans 8:28 | Completion, Not Comfort

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Happy Thursday, everyone!

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In today’s email…

• 🚢 A way to serve those in need

• ✝️ The worst bad into the best good

• 📝 An exercise to show you God’s work

• 🔦 Community spotlight

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MEMORIZE 🧠 

And we ____ ____ ___ _____ ___ ____ ___ all things ____ _________ ___ ____,

for _____ ___ ___ ______ _________ __ ___ purpose.

Romans 8:28

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CONTEXT 📕 

If you’re like me, at some point Romans 8:28 has led you to ask the question:

How can we trust that all things actually work together for good for those who love God?

And whenever I ask a question like that?

The Lord immediately brings one image to mind: the cross.

On the cross, we see Jesus.

The most innocent being who ever lived, suffering the worst possible injustice ever perpetrated.

So why can we trust Paul’s words in Romans 8:28?

Because God already took the worst event in human history and worked it for our ultimate eternal good.

And just as God was sovereign over the cross, He is sovereign over your life.

God’s purpose cannot be stopped.

And thanks to Jesus…

…suffering will be no more.

Romans 8:28 is not a promise of comfort. It’s a promise of completion.

A reminder that it is finished. The work is done. And we have hope beyond the present.

Our ultimate good is not an easy life.

It’s Christ.

And just as God brought resurrection from crucifixion, He will bring purpose from your pain.

APPLY AND RESPOND 🏃‍♂️ 

Throughout the life and ministry of both Jesus and Paul, we see a pattern.

Difficulty drove them into further intimacy with God.

Jesus often withdrew to pray. Paul’s hardships increased his dependence on God.

Today, take 5 minutes to write down a situation in your life that is hard.

Then, answer this question:

How might God want to use this hardship to draw me closer to Himself and help me become more like Jesus?

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ANSWER KEY ✅ 

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