Romans 5:1-4
Peace with God Through Faith
5 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,"
May all born-again believer draw great peace from these passages as well as their contact with other born again believers who understand this great hope.
There is no greater hope in knowing that Christ in us has a purpose in all that we endure bringing joy that cannot be explained in human terms.
This is what it means to trust Christ. There is no special strength in trusting Christ when things are easy and happy. There is a great gain in trusting Christ when we are inflicted whether by rejection or by physical pain.
James 1:2-4 "2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing."
All our life experiences train us to be like Christ when we trust in Him daily. Even greater joy when we can be a support to other born-again believers. We need one another if nothing more than Spiritual and emotional support from many miles away.
I am praising the Lord today for my Facebook friends who understand our trials here and are empathetic and prayerful as we walk through this life as one body, that is in Christ.
Hallelujah!
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