{"id":427,"date":"2023-03-26T18:07:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T00:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/?p=427"},"modified":"2023-03-26T18:07:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T00:07:38","slug":"romans-826-30-the-purpose-of-god-for-his-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewordtoyou.net\/meditation\/romans-826-30-the-purpose-of-god-for-his-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Romans 8:26-30 The Purpose of God for His People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><b>Romans 8:26-30<br \/>\nThe Purpose of God for His People<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Today, 03\/26\/2023, let us, together in the grace of God, rejoice and reflect on the Word of God in Romans 8:26-30.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><i>26 And likewise the Spirit also joins in to help our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes on our behalf with groanings that cannot be uttered. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><i>27 But the One searching the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because He petitions on behalf of the saints according to God. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><i>28 But we know that to the ones loving God all things work together for good, to those being called according to purpose; <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><i>29 because whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, for Him to be the First-born among many brothers. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><i>30 But whom He predestinated, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">[Literal Translation of the Holy Bible]<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><b>Suggested Questions:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">1. What are our weaknesses? <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">2. How does the Holy Spirit intercede for us and when? <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">3. What is the purpose of God for those He has called? <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">4. Who are the people God has called? <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">5. How is the purpose of God for the saints similar and different before the Old Testament, in the Old Testament, in the Church, in the End Times, and in the Kingdom of a Thousand Years? <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">6. What does it mean to love God? <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">7. Does God only call those He knows beforehand will love Him? <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">8. What is the image of Christ? <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">9. What does this phrase mean: &#8220;for Him to be the First-born among many brothers&#8221;?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">10. Has God&#8217;s people been glorified yet, according to verse 30?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><b>Suggested Applications:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">1. Are you someone who loves God? <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">2. Do you believe the teachings in verse 28 or not? If not, why not? If yes, what is your attitude when difficulties, troubles, lack, and injustice occur in your life? <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">3. God has a purpose for you. What is your purpose for yourself? 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