In the midst of life's afflictions, we have God's assurance of His eternal presence and His eternal power to make us super-conquerors (not just reaching the finish line, but breaking world records in the process).
Romans 8:35-37 (NKJV)
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
- tribulation (enduring great affliction)
- distress (upset, worry, and pain)
- persecution (oppression and torment)
- famine (extreme scarcity of resources)
- nakedness (without a covering)
- peril (imminent danger)
- sword (weapons of war)
Romans 8:38-39 (NKJV)
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- death (termination of life)
- life (the duration of existence)
- angels (supernatural beings)
- principalities (authorities and powers)
- powers (capacity of influence)
- things present (at hand)
- things to come (approaching)
- height (distance to the top)
- depth (distance to the bottom)
- any other created thing (anything else in all of creation)
1 Corinthians 15:57 (NKJV) Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 🏆 🥇🥈🥉
Dee Richardson, Voice of the Dove †