posted by Laura Oliverio • 12:01am • January 23rd, 2012
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
-Romans 8:28
To those who love God, to those who have responded to his call for
salvation: they are the ones for whom God promises to work all things
together for...
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posted by Laura Oliverio • 12:01am • January 22nd, 2012
“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession...
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posted by Laura Oliverio • 12:01am • January 21st, 2012
“For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.” - Romans 8:24:25
I like how JB Phillips put these verses:
“We were saved by this hope, but in our...
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posted by Laura Oliverio • 12:01am • January 20th, 2012
"And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body." -Romans 8:23
I’m going to take a wild guess and say that each one of you, at some time in your life, has had...
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posted by Laura Oliverio • 12:01am • January 19th, 2012
"For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now."-Romans 8:22
Friday February 29, 2008, 9:05 a.m. my brother Stephen calls me in the office. Immediately I remember the last time he called me, which was a year earlier, when the house caught on fire and the whole...
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posted by Laura Oliverio • 12:01am • January 18th, 2012
“Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.”- Romans 8:21
Who are we? Creatures. To put it nicely, we, apart from Christ, are everything that is unlovely. We are stained with sin, lies, hatred, immorality,...
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posted by Laura Oliverio • 9:14am • January 17th, 2012
"For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope." - Romans 8:20
My head spun with questions when I read this verse. What does “the creature” refer to? everything that God created or only the plants and animals? What in the world does “made...
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posted by Laura Oliverio • 12:01am • January 16th, 2012
"For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God."
~ Romans 8:19
More frequently, I have found myself thinking a great deal about the unsaved that are around me. It's incredibly thought provoking really, and weighs heavily on my spirit to realize how...
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posted by Laura Oliverio • 12:01am • January 15th, 2012
“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be comparedwith the glory which shall be revealed in us.” -Romans 8:18
He stands among a crowd of admirers with photographers snapping pictures in rapid succession. In just a few minutes he will receive...
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posted by Laura Oliverio • 12:01am • January 14th, 2012
"And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together” Romans 8:17
What a wonderful and loving God we have, He gives us the privilege to be called His children, His heirs and if not enough He says...
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