Romans 12:12 New International Version (NIV)
12 Be joyful in hope, patient in
affliction, faithful in prayer.
How can we keep our circumstances from determining our mood?
How can we emancipate ourselves from the limitations that life deals us? The
last in the trio of commandments opens the door for the other two to be true —
we can rejoice in hope and we can be patient in affliction because we have been
faithful in prayer. No matter what our situation is, we can pray with joy
because of our hope in Christ no matter what our current situation is. We can remain
patient, persevering through affliction, by presenting our requests and
intercessions to God with thanksgiving. Prayer is God's gift to us so that we
can be patient and joyful, even when things don't appear to be going well.
Thought for today:
Is my joy dependent upon my circumstances: only receiving the good?
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