Does It Mean He No Longer Loves Us If We Have Trouble Or Calamity, Or Are Persecuted, Or Hungry, Or Destitute … No, Despite All These Things, Overwhelming Victory Is Ours Through Christ

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Does It Mean He No Longer Loves Us
If We Have Trouble Or Calamity, Or Are Persecuted, Or Hungry, Or Destitute …
No, Despite All These Things, Overwhelming Victory Is Ours Through Christ

If God loves us then why does bad stuff still happen to us? There is no simple answer to that question, but here are a few suggestions. Maybe you can share some more! 1. Jesus tells us that in this world we are going to have trouble (John 16:33).  2. If our lives were trouble free and we could do anything and everything on our own then there would not be a need for faith or dependence in our Heavenly Father. 3. The presence and work of sin in our lives and in the lives of those around us guarantees that we are going to encounter pain and suffering.

Scripture

Romans 8

³⁵ Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?
 
³⁶ (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”)
 
³⁷ No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.

Observation

If God loves us then why does bad stuff still happen to us? There is no simple answer to that question, but here are a few suggestions. Maybe you can share some more!

1. Jesus tells us that in this world we are going to have trouble. John 16:33

2. If our lives were trouble free and we could do anything and everything on our own then there would not be a need for faith or dependence in our Heavenly Father.

3. The presence and work of sin in our lives and in the lives of those around us guarantees that we are going to encounter pain and suffering.

I love Romans chapter 8! 

I could write about every verse and so could you! Maybe you are going through a difficult time in your life right now.

If you are then why not read Romans 8 and even memorize a few of your favorite verses from this chapter?

Application

I am going to start memorizing Romans 8:35-39. How about you? What scripture are you memorizing?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I am convinced that nothing can ever separate me from Your love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither my fears for today nor my worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate me from Your love. ³⁹ No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate me from the love that You revealed in Christ Jesus my Lord. Romans 8:38-39 “personalized”

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