May 6 Care Group

Our text for the evening was Romans 5: 9-11.  Here are the ideas we discussed:
-Heb 7:25
-His ongoing life guarantees our salvation, we are on our way to heaven, recipients of his grace, saved from the wrath of God!
-Now we always have light and hope even in extreme trials.  In hell there will be NO hope, NO mercy.
-We are hidden with Christ in God - Col 3:3  Lord, Hide me under the shadow of your wings.
-We are reconciled to God by His death.  Because of His death we will glorify God as He lives in us.  It is a process - that life working in us and saving us from temptations, trouble, sin...
-We rejoice = delight, enjoy, more than anything else
-Jesus, in his glory, is caring about the details of our lives and paying attention to us, answering our prayers.
-We can get side-tracked and think we have to take care of ourselves.  We must remember to keep looking to Him and asking for grace and help.
-Sometimes a lack of joy can stop us from enjoying his salvation and from giving joy back to God.
-We are sorrowful yet always rejoicing!
-Our real identity is who God made us to be.  Our prayer is "Lord, bring out your nature in me."
-We look forward to being with Him and that wonderful day when we will see Him and be changed into His likeness.