Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world,
but let God transform you into a new person
by changing the way you think.
Then you will learn to know God’s will for you,
which is good and pleasing and perfect.
Romans 12:2
Oh,
how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge!
How impossible it is for us to understand
his decisions and his ways.
For who can know the Lord’s thoughts?
Who knows enough to give him advice?
And who has given him so much
that he needs to pay it back?
For everything comes from him
and exists by his power a
nd is intended for his glory.
All glory to him forever!
Amen.
Romans 11:33-36
“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
will be saved.”
But how can they call on him to save them
unless they believe in him?
And how can they believe in him
if they have never heard about him?
And how can they hear about him
unless someone tells them?
And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent?
That is why the Scriptures say,
“How beautiful are the feet of messengers
who bring good news!”
Romans 10:13-15
‘…open their eyes,
so they may turn from darkness to light
and from the power of Satan to God.
Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins
and be given a place among God’s people,
who are set apart by faith in me.’
Acts 26:18
If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord
and believe in your heart
that God raised him from the dead,
you will be saved.
For it is by believing in your heart
that you are made right with God,
and it is by openly declaring your faith
that you are saved.
Romans 10:9-10
And I am convinced
that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love.
Neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons,
neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—
not even the powers of hell
can separate us from God’s love.
No power in the sky above or in the earth below—
indeed,
nothing in all creation
will ever be able to separate us
from the love of God
that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39
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?
No,
despite all these things,
overwhelming victory is ours through Christ,
who loved us.
Romans 8:35, 37
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Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own?
No one—
for God himself has given us right standing with himself.
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.
Romans 8:33-34
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And we know
that God causes everything to work together
for the good of those who love God
and are called according to his purpose for them.
What shall we say about such wonderful things as these?
If God is for us,
who can ever be against us?
Romans 8:28, 31
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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.
And the Father who knows all hearts
knows what the Spirit is saying,
for the Spirit pleads for us believers
in harmony with God’s own will.
Romans 8:26-27
