Devotional on God's hope for hard tiems

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Romans 8:26-37: "And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For

example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy

Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in

words. 27 And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the

Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers[l] in

harmony with God’s own will. 28 And we know that God causes

everything to work together[m] for the good of those who love God

and are called according to his purpose for them. 29 For God knew

his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son,

so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and

sisters. 30 And having chosen them, he called them to come to him.

And having called them, he gave them right standing with himself.

And having given them right standing, he gave them his glory.
Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love
 31 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God

is for us, who can ever be against us? 32 Since he did not spare

even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us

everything else? 33 Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for

his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with

himself. 34 Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died

for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the

place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.
 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.”[n]) 37 No,
despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through
Christ, who loved us."

Devo start: So, in our hard times, the Holy Spirit pleads before God to help us, as He loves us, and listens the His Spirit within us. If we have God in our hearts, then who can take it out. In our

hardest times, God sends His Spirit to comfort us, and to help us

out. So just because we stumble, sin, or have a horrible thing

happen to us, does it mean Christ has forsaken us? No! God loves

us so much that He died for us just so that we could be right

before Him if we accept Christ. Life as a Christian isn't easy,

but int the end of the day, we look with all our soul for Hope,

and find it when we trust in Him. Does this hope come quickly?

Sometimes yes, and sometimes no. That is what faith is about. You

have to trust Christ in yoru hard times, even when it seems

impossible, so you can have this hope. God does not put hard times

on us. and we shouldn't blame him. Simply, this is the world we

live in, but God is gonna make it better for those who trust in

Him. Can you be saved by a Fireman if you simply sit in a house,a

nd don't trust him to take you out of the building? of course not.

The same goes for God. You may have a hard time believing in Him,

but God is not the cause of your troubles. It is simply an earthly

thing. I know all of you here and on CTF, and other places have

troubles, but listen. We are here to help you, but more

importantly God is. If you don't feel Him immediately on asking

help, just keep praying. He will help you on His time, and keep

trusting that, even when your mind tells you no, and the world

tells you to give up.