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StartUp – Wednesday August 10, Romans 8:35-37
Hi, Passionate Youth Reaching Out, today is Wednesday, August 10, My name is Grant and this is StartUp, helping you start your day with an upward focus. Today’s passage reminds us that in every situation and season of life, the Christian remains connected to God’s love.
Romans 8:35–37 (HCSB)
35 Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or anguish or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: Because of You we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered. 37 No, in all these things we are more than victorious through Him who loved us.
In all these things we are more than victorious, what are these things? Paul’s list includes affliction, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger and sword. These are all strategies used against us by the devil, and none of them will prove successful against God’s children. I don’t know what sort of a situation that you find yourself in today? Maybe it feels incredibly difficult and hard, but inside of that situation, you will find God’s love. Because nothing in this entire world can separate us from the love of Christ.
What does it mean for the Christian that nothing can separate us from God’s love? Here are few quick truths that flow from this thought.
* We are never alone. God is love and God is with us, and so God’s love is with us all the time and everywhere.
* We are never without help. God is all powerful, and if nothing can separate us from Him, then we are always connected to God and his power, God’s help is always available to us.
* We are able to endure through any situation. Hard times come, but Jesus has already been through the hardest time on our behalf. His sacrificial death is the climax of human pain and suffering, but his glorious resurrection is the hope of everyone who has ever called on the name of the Lord.
Challenge
My Challenge for you this week is to make a list of the forces that you are aware of that are coming against you in life. Because we know that God is stronger and greater than these forces, go to God in prayer, believing that his power is more than enough to bring about his victory in your life. Then trust it all to him, and whatever the outcome may be, know that God will use it for your good.
Invitation
Our next youth event is this Thursday, August 11 from 6-9 o’clock. We are having a Barbecue, Instagram Scavenger Hunt, and a Water Fight. The cost is $3. Plan to come and invite a friend. You should bring a towel, you might want to even bring a change of clothes.
Thanks for listening to today’s StartUp, you can find all of the details about our youth group online at hbcyouth.ca. We are also on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, all of the social media links are available at hbcyouth.ca .
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By Grant van BoeschotenHi, Passionate Youth Reaching Out, today is Wednesday, August 10, My name is Grant and this is StartUp, helping you start your day with an upward focus. Today’s passage reminds us that in every situation and season of life, the Christian remains connected to God’s love.
Romans 8:35–37 (HCSB)
35 Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or anguish or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: Because of You we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered. 37 No, in all these things we are more than victorious through Him who loved us.
In all these things we are more than victorious, what are these things? Paul’s list includes affliction, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger and sword. These are all strategies used against us by the devil, and none of them will prove successful against God’s children. I don’t know what sort of a situation that you find yourself in today? Maybe it feels incredibly difficult and hard, but inside of that situation, you will find God’s love. Because nothing in this entire world can separate us from the love of Christ.
What does it mean for the Christian that nothing can separate us from God’s love? Here are few quick truths that flow from this thought.
* We are never alone. God is love and God is with us, and so God’s love is with us all the time and everywhere.
* We are never without help. God is all powerful, and if nothing can separate us from Him, then we are always connected to God and his power, God’s help is always available to us.
* We are able to endure through any situation. Hard times come, but Jesus has already been through the hardest time on our behalf. His sacrificial death is the climax of human pain and suffering, but his glorious resurrection is the hope of everyone who has ever called on the name of the Lord.
Challenge
My Challenge for you this week is to make a list of the forces that you are aware of that are coming against you in life. Because we know that God is stronger and greater than these forces, go to God in prayer, believing that his power is more than enough to bring about his victory in your life. Then trust it all to him, and whatever the outcome may be, know that God will use it for your good.
Invitation
Our next youth event is this Thursday, August 11 from 6-9 o’clock. We are having a Barbecue, Instagram Scavenger Hunt, and a Water Fight. The cost is $3. Plan to come and invite a friend. You should bring a towel, you might want to even bring a change of clothes.
Thanks for listening to today’s StartUp, you can find all of the details about our youth group online at hbcyouth.ca. We are also on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, all of the social media links are available at hbcyouth.ca .