Romans 8:31-39 (NRSV)
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Verse 31What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? Verse 32He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? Verse 33Who will bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Verse 34Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. Verse 35Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Verse 36As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered." Verse 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. Verse 38For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, Verse 39nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Devotion
Nothing can separate us from the love of God. We are assured that God’s love is stronger than any force—human or otherwise. In this season, we await the ultimate expression of God’s love for us—Jesus. As an act of love, God gives to us the most precious gift, Jesus Christ, whose death and resurrection brings about the defeat of the ultimate enemy—death.
Prayer
God of grace, continue to uplift us with your love and help us to see that your love is stronger than all earthly things. Amen.