Scripture Reading…Romans 8:31-39
Devotion
There are benefits to connection with God!! Unbelievable, unexplainable, incomparable benefits. What you read today are my (Steve) favorite verses in all the Bible. Think about what Paul just said, connected to Jesus Christ…
· God is always for us, never against us.
· God is a giver.
· God is a justifier.
· We have a Savior who intercedes for us.
· We are MORE than Conquerors.
· God is never separated from us.
No matter what the world throws at us, it cannot “unconnect” us from Jesus!!! This text tells us that not even death can separate us from God. Amazing. What an awesome God we have. What an unbelievable love he gives to his people.
Let these truths motivate you to connect or reconnect with Him. I can promise you; you will never regret connecting to Jesus Christ. You will never regret going all-in with your savior. That doesn’t mean everything will always be easy, or everything will always go your way in this life, but it does mean he will never leave your side. Paul asks a great question, “If God is for us…who can be against us?” The answer is a whole lot of people…but that doesn’t matter and here is why…It is God who gave his son for you…it is God who justifies you through Jesus actions, not yours…it is Jesus who died and was raised for us, and it is Jesus who intercedes for us, and there is NOTHING this world, or people, or Satan himself, can do to separate us from him.
CHALLENGE FOR THE DAY
Walk at least one mile today. Don’t forget to ask someone to walk with you!!
Respond to the online community.
Warning: This is going to be difficult! Take five minutes…turn off everything, get to a place where there are NO DISTRACTIONS and reflect on how God loves the entire world and how Jesus loves you!! Set a timer…ready…set…go!!!
Knowing the end of the story should be helpful but in my case I still spend way too much time being distracted from God. This chapter is so incredible in helping us understand God will never leave us or stop loving us.
For someone my age, we have come from a time when nobody we knew had a home phone (land line) to a time when every member of the family has a phone–one that can be used from just about anywhere. They are indispensable in today's world, but I totally agree that "unplugging" is a good thing now and then. Maybe even on a fairly regular basis
I’ve been listening through a study in Genesis and something that continues to amaze me about God is that he never fails to come through, even when his chosen person(s), or people, are incredibly selfish, foolish, deceptive, or even downright rebellious.
when Joseph is cast into A pit, becomes a victim of trafficking, wrongfully accused of sexual assault, and then thrown into prison; the Bible makes it clear that God was with Joseph.
God is, quite frankly, unbelievable. And that’s a good thing.
I love this set of verses. It reminds me of Matthew West’s song The God who Stays You're the God who stays You're the God who stays You're the one who runs in my direction When the whole world walks away You're the God who stands With wide open arms And You tell me nothing I have ever done can separate my heart From the God who stays … My shame can't separate My guilt can't separate My past can't separate I'm Yours forever … My sin can't separate My scars can't separate My failures can't separate I'm Yours forever … No enemy can separate No power of hell can take away Your love for me will never change I'm Yours forever Nothing can separate me from His love
I love verse 8. NOTHING in all creation can separate us from God’s love.