Being a Vessel of God Volume 2

Our Father looks upon many of His children with a grieved heart because they do not understand who they are in Christ. Many saints deem themselves unworthy of being vessels of God because of their past lives or because of the struggles they still may have. Being a vessel of God does not mean that you are perfect or qualified because you built this resume of works for God, we are vessels because we have said Yes to Jesus Christ, the Lord of our Lives and because we have a heart that is open and teachable. You have to look at the process of becoming a vessel God can use in this way:
Glass = You Soap = Sin Water = Word of God Faucet = Holy Spirit
We all should know that if we placed a tablespoon of soap in the bottom of a glass and then ran water in the glass we will see a cup full of bubbles. What we tend to do is see the sin in our lives and we read the word of God and think after a week or month, that the sin will disappear. That is equivalent to filling the glass up to the top and then immediately pouring the soapy water out. We look back in the glass and see a couple of bubbles still in the bottom so we repeat the process, we fill it back up and immediately pour out the water. There are two places to go from there, either go back through the process again which most saints will not because they just figure they will not be able to overcome this sin which disqualifies them in their mind from being able to be used by God. The other is to keep with the process and stay on this cycle of filling up and then pouring out and yet still seeing some of the residue. Their spiritual life stays in the infancy stage because they continue to focus on the sin, their vessel is so preoccupied that they are not available to be used. The process we should use is displacement, which is to keep the glass under the faucet of water until all the bubbles have been processed and all that is flowing out is pure water. This way it is not us doing the work of emptying ourselves out, but we allow the Holy Spirit to do the work. As we come into our relationship with Christ and we just continue to feast on the Word of God, it will process the areas of our lives that need to be rinsed out. A vessel can only give to others the substance of which it is filled up with. In our maturity we want to stay connected to the faucet so that we can continue to over flow from the Holy Spirit so that we will not just give the water but we will connect others to the source!!! If we continue to allow the Word of God to flow into our vessels we will have an overflow which will result in the work of God being done through us for His glory. That is to say all we have to do is be the glass which is an open vessel and fill ourselves with the Word of God, have teachable hearts, and allow the Holy Spirit to do the rest!!! The works will all come in God’s timing!!! Be Encouraged!!! Have a wonderful life of being a vessel God can Use on purpose!!!!!

1 Timothy 1

The Lord’s Grace to Paul
12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. 13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. 16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. 17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Being a Vessel of God Volume 1

One of the most blessed joys on entering into this relationship with God is also entering into His Work. Being a blessing to others and spreading the Word of God gives us such a purpose and joy in this life before receiving the ultimate joy in our next. The one thing we have to remember is that we must enter into God’s work the same way we entered into God’s Salvation and that was through His Grace. We did not earn our salvation nor do we earn the ability to do works for God. The only works that will be accredited to our accounts at the end of our lives are the works that we were obedient to allow the Lord to work through our vessel. Many have settled for doing works on their own accord and claiming that this was for the glory of God. Let’s take a look at what a vessel is to see the simplicity of our contribution. A vessel is a container used by a higher being to function in a capacity desired by that higher being. In plain we tend to use a vase as a vessel to store water and flowers. The vase had no choice in the matter, whether it would hold water, dirt, flowers, coins, candy, or sand. The vases job is just to be obedient in functioning as what the higher being calls it to be. The most important part to this simplistic equation is that the vessel and the contents of the vessel can never be the same material. A vessel that is full of the same material that it is made of can no longer be a functioning tool for the higher being. So a glass vase that is filled with glass is no longer a vase but becomes a sculpture, while it may be very pretty and appealing to the eye, it cannot serve the many functions the higher being may wish to use it for. In other words we as vessels of God cannot be filled with ourselves when we are functioning in God’s Will, we must be filled with the Holy Spirit something that is contrary to our flesh. We should allow our Father to fill up our vessels with the Holy Spirit and to over flow the work through us, instead of being full of ourselves and doing meaningless works!!! Be encouraged!!! Have a wonderful life of being a vessel God can Use on purpose!!!!!

John 14

Jesus Comforts His Disciples
1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God[a]; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”

Jesus the Way to the Father
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know[b] my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”

9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. 12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[c] in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”

23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.

25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. 30 I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me, 31 but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me.

“Come now; let us leave.

Intimacy with God Volume 4

King David in the Old Testament was a perfect example of a man who wish to have a truly close and intimate relationship with his God. We read all throughout the psalms how David greatest wishes were never for possessions or women. They were not for the fame amongst men nor to establish a kingdom for himself. He song many psalms about the trials he had and for deliverance from his enemies. Mostly David song about wanting to be closer to God in relationship and the beauty of God from his eyes and heart. Paul in the New Testament is another perfect example of a vessel wanting nothing in life but to be in a full committed relationship with the Christ our risen King. Paul did not just want the fellowship of the strengths and life of Christ, but he also wish to share in His suffering and death. He wish to allow the Holy Spirit full custody of his vessel in order to please his Loving and Graceful God. As we saints journey in this life we must allow the intimacy of our relationship with our Risen King Jesus Christ and a Loving Father to be made known through the vessel we were given for this side of glory. The Father wishes to have a fruitful and abundant relationship with each one of His children. Today, seek, knock, and ask for that abundant relationship, and with Thanksgiving receive it to the full!!! Be Encouraged!!! Have a wonderful life of intimacy on purpose!!!!!

Psalm 23

1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Philippians 3

No Confidence in the Flesh
1 Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. 2 Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. 3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— 4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence.

If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.

7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Intimacy with God Volume 3

As we think about our own relationships in life and what they mean to us, think about how Christ must feel towards us. Not one of us have been beaten for the sake of our family’s or significant other’s wrong doing. We may know what it felt like to take a penalty like detention or a disciplining from our parents for a siblings wrong doing but to take it in front of thousands is unimaginable. We are there for our loved ones in many ways including; with personal services, gifts, financially, with encouraging words, protection, and affection. If we provided all of those things in a 24 hour by 7 day status, would we understand how that same loved one wouldn’t want to talk to us. Could we take that every time they were in communication with us it was always one sided, them doing the talking but never taking the time to listen. Would we fell appreciated if the only time they came to us was when they were in great need. How about if they told the world they were in full fellowship with us to receive some perks in life yet they never took the time to call on our name. If we had people like that in our lives, I’m sure it would bring us sorrow upon sorrow. Yet, many of us treat our Lord and Savior this way when He in return said He would never leave us nor forsake us. Jesus Christ wants an intimate relationship with us all, are we willing to have the same with Him??? Have a wonderful life of intimacy on purpose!!!!!

Matthew 6

Do Not Worry
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Matthew 7

Ask, Seek, Knock
7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
9 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! 12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
The Narrow and Wide Gates
13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Matthew 11

The Father Revealed in the Son
25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
27 “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

John 10

Further Conflict Over Jesus’ Claims
22 Then came the Festival of Dedication[b] at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade. 24 The Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all[c]; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”

Intimacy with God Volume 2

When our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ died His perfect death on the Cross, the Word of God says that the Vail in the Temple was torn from top to bottom. This was the physical sign that the barrier between man and God was once and for all taken away and we were now allowed to enter the Holy of Holies to have relationship with the Spirit of God. We no longer needed human Priest to go and make sacrifices for us. Now the one and only way to the Father is through our High Priest Jesus Christ. Sadly many brothers and sisters are still to this day not experiencing the full beauty of a relationship with the Father because they have chosen to live it through another. In other words they want the Pastor to read the Word and bring it to them. They want the bible school teacher to teach and bring it to them. The want the evangelism to take place through those who have those gifts. Yet we are all called to do these things and even greater than that have relationship with the Father every day. Many Christians are living out their Christianity through their parents, husbands, wives, children, and other saints. They believe, because they are with other Christians and doing “Christian things” and even may have been baptized, that they will enter the heavenly gates. The tragedy that will take place is on the day of their judgment the Lord will say “Depart from Me, I never knew you”!!! Christ went through so much on our behalf dying for our sins, let us not be like the Chosen people of God in Moses day who wanted Moses to go himself up to the mountain and bring everything back to them. Let us partake in this intimate relationship ourselves!!! Have a wonderful life of intimacy on purposeJ!!!!!

Exodus 20

The Ten Commandments
1 And God spoke all these words:
2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
3 “You shall have no other gods before[a] me.
4 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
7 “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
13 “You shall not murder.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
15 “You shall not steal.
16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
18 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance 19 and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.”
20 Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”
21 The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

Matthew 7

True and False Disciples
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

Intimacy with God Volume 1

Imagine this, a man sees a nice young lady in a grocery store, their eyes meet and there is an instant connection. The young lady has had a troubling history of failed relationships and is very hesitant to start a new one. She decides not to exchange numbers and tells the young man that if it is meant to be their paths will cross again. A couple weeks, later their paths cross in a book store and the young man reminds the young lady of her words from their previous encounter. She is still not sure and tells him that she would do him more harm than good and she has never had a relationship to end congenially. She thwarted his second attempt and states once again that if they are truly meant to be they will have to leave it to fate. Six months later this same young man shows up at her door and states that he cannot stop thinking about her and he had to look her up to prove to her that he was serious. This young man courts her for the next year, he proves that he is trust worthy through his character. He treats her with a sweet kindness that she has never known before. He continues to sacrifice himself in order to benefit her life. One day he drops to his knee and asks for her hand in marriage, she thinks about all the wonderful things he has done in her life and with great joy accepts. They pick a date and get married before friends and family confessing their love for each other to the world. After their honeymoon, the wife goes back to her place and continue to live life as she once did. The husband is very dismayed because he has prepared a home for her and wishes to live out their intimate covenant made before all. Sadly, many Christians treat Christ in this manner, after a wonderful time of courtship and covenant, we never think that Christ really wants to have an intimate relationship with us. If you have left your first love or you don’t feel the same intimacy you once had, please turn back and accept His love and sacrifice. If you have never felt that intimacy then ask the Lord Jesus Christ for a relationship, TODAY!!! Have a wonderful life of intimacy on purpose!!!!!

Galatians 3

Faith or Works of the Law
1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. 2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard? 3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?[a] 4 Have you experienced[b] so much in vain—if it really was in vain? 5 So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard? 6 So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[c]
7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham. 8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[d] 9 So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”[e] 11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.”[f] 12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”[g] 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”[h] 14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

The Law and the Promise
15 Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. 16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”[i] meaning one person, who is Christ. 17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. 18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.
19 Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator. 20 A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one.
21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. 22 But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

Children of God
23 Before the coming of this faith,[j] we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. 24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. 25 Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

More Than Conquerors Volume 4

This precious life that we have hid in Christ Jesus has given us the full privilege of entering into His victories. We have seen Him defeat the world, so we have overcame the world. Christ defeated death in His perfect body, which means we defeated death in Christ’s perfect body. Our Lord conquered hell through his selfless sacrifice and we have shared in that same victory. If we have already conquered all these that once laid ahead of us, what more is there to conquer. The reason why we are more than conquerors is that not only have we defeated all these things in Christ’s death but we also through His resurrection were sealed with the Holy Spirit living inside of us, guiding us through a proper relationship with God in this life and in obedience to the Father’s Will. We have been given all we need to please the Father and to run the race by which we were created. In our storms and struggles in this life we must daily rely on these truths to bring us back to the throne of God in thanksgiving to draw strength to press forward. We must identify ourselves with these victories and set our affections on the blessed hope of our future in the eternal life that awaits us. No matter what our circumstance today, WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS IN CHRIST JESUS!!! Have a wonderful life of being more than a conqueror on purpose!!!!!

Romans 8

Present Suffering and Future Glory
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that[h] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[i] have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

More Than Conquerors
31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written:
“For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[j]
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[k] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.