Hello my friends I'm so thankful that you are with me today as we endeavor to get our minds

align with the truth of God. My name is Carrie Green. I'm grateful you're here. I would love to hear from you.

It's so encouraging to hear your emails and to hear what God is doing in your life.

That really is the most encouraging thing.

Please write to me. My email address is Carrie C-A-R-E-Y at Carrie green just like the color

dot com. I would love to hear from you. All right we are in Romans chapter 8 verses 28 through 29. And as I've

mentioned in a previous episode, this is perhaps one of the most famous Bible

verses of all.

Romans 828, but we're reading a little bit further today because we're answering the

question that Paul has brought up about the suffering that happens in this world and the struggle that we go through to live a quote unquote good Christian life.

Is it really worth it? Is it something that we're going to look back on and say yes it was worth every moment.

See Romans 828 brings us to the conclusion with a hearty yes it's totally worth it and it explains

somewhat why it's worth it and in this particular section Paul is going to go into

some pretty deep theology so I want you to buckle your seatbelt and get on your thinking cap as my mom used to say and

Let's work this problem. Let's look at Romans 8 28 through 30.

He says, and we know that for those who love God,

all things work together for good.

Now stop for a moment.

Do you know that all things work together for your

good as one who loves God? Do you know that? Paul wants us to have assurance that

that is true. He doesn't want his questioning, he

doesn't want his doubting, he doesn't want the next difficult circumstance to

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