08/30/2026
Notes for 08-30-2026
“What does ALL THINGS mean?” Romans 8:28
>. it is a verse that has so much control over our lives.
> What this verse actually tells us is that IF we love God, and I mean love him with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength, then we can see that these things that take place are happening for a purpose, God’s purpose.
> John 21:15-19
> Scripture uses 3 to mark moments of fullness, completion, and divine action.
> Each time we are tempted, each time we are tried in the fire, if we listen carefully, in the quietness of the moment, we can hear Jesus saying, “Do you love me more than these?”
> But we also must ask ourselves, “What is our baseline of truth?”
> The church, God’s church, is not a business model.
> If we want to go to His heaven, that he has made for us, then we have to live a life of gratefulness.
> And that is what it takes, for our gratefulness to overcome our fear of the world.
> Why did God populate the world with people who have the ability to reason, to comprehend, to know their left hand from their right hand? The answer is found in the latter part of our text in Romans 8.
> If we love God, more than our spouse, more than our family, more than life itself, then the things that occur in our lives, will indeed contribute to our good.
> We can never be grateful, if we have nothing to be grateful for.
> When we back up to verse 27, we can get a clearer picture of what is happening in our lives
> Read it like this. “God searches our heart, and God instructs the Holy Spirit to move in our lives, according to what God will is for us, what His purpose is, for what is happening.”