Joyful, Patient, Faithful

In Romans 12 Paul is like the condensed disciple of Jesus Handbook. EPIC. V12 says “Rejoice in Hope”… Hope lifts you up, it gives you strength – rejoice in it, allow it to give you that joy that your situation may not be… And rejoice, rejoice in the hope found in Jesus. Then it says “be patient in trouble”… We all want trouble to be over with quickly, done and dusted… But trouble, affliction, challenges produce something within us that good times never can – it makes us resourceful, it produces patience and endurance in our spirits, it teaches us to Hope in and out of season… When in troubled times, quiet your heart, journey through it and allow it to form the Gold within you that only that type of season can. Then V12 concludes with ‘be faithful in prayer'… Pray, pray and pray some more. Be faithful when it comes to communicating with Jesus. Don't get all religious and ceremonious about it, just speak to Him. Payer will change your life as it opens the line of communication between us and the almighty God of the universe. JOYFUL, PATIENT, FAITHFUL in HOPE, TROUBLE and PRAYER… Right there is a powerful and fulfilling way to live. Be blessed today wonderful friends xo