God Is for Us
Read: Romans 8:31-39 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” (v. 31) The Bible uses several different prepositions to qualify God’s relationship with his people. The angel said Jesus should be called “Immanuel, (which means, God with us)” (Matt. 1:23). John describes God’s incarnation in […]
Saved in Hope
Read: Romans 8:18-25 For in this hope we were saved. (v. 24) Hope is one of the great words of the Christian faith, but it tends to be overused and misused and so has lost some of its force. We tend to use the word “hope” as if it meant wishful thinking. “I hope my team […]
Physical Redemption
Read: Romans 8:18-25 The redemption of our bodies. (v. 23) The bodily resurrection of Jesus is the foundation of the Christian faith. Everything we believe and hope for depends on the fact that Jesus’s physical body rose from the grave. Paul puts it plainly: “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you […]
March 2024 Prayer Guide
ENGLISH — Words of Hope is making the Easter devotionals from the daily devotional available as a free downloadable resource. This resource is being advertised widely. Pray with us that new people would discover this devotional set, and that they would be challenged to grow in their faith as a result. The series is titled, […]
New Creation
Read: Romans 8:18-25 The creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. (v. 21) The effects of sin in the world go far deeper than simply distorting our ability to choose well when confronted with decisions on how to live. They […]
Future Glory
Read: Romans 8:18-25 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. (v. 18) Paul knew all about suffering, firsthand. The Christians who received his letter knew the pain of persecution at the hands of oppressive emperors in Rome. We who […]
The Spirit’s Help
Read: Romans 8:26-27 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how to pray as we ought. (v. 26) When we pray, we never pray alone. Even when praying privately we do not pray by ourselves. The Spirit prays both in us and for us. So much of the attention on […]
The Spirit of Adoption
Read: Romans 8:12-17 You have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” (v. 15) One of the great confessions of the Christian faith is that Jesus Christ is the only Son of God. The Apostles’ Creed states, “We believe . . . in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord.” When God established […]
Life in the Spirit
Read: Romans 8:1-8 Those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. (v. 5) The word “spirit” is used no less than twenty-two times in Romans 8, though not always in the same sense. We can distinguish three different spirits here: the Spirit of God, the human spirit, and […]