Thank you, Greenhouse Builders, for your prayer, promotion, and provision on behalf of our mission. As we begin the academic year, please continue praying through Romans 8 with us. We will focus on this passage over the next two months. We recommend also thoughtfully reading Romans 6 & 7 multiple times. Now let’s spotlight verses 35-37.

Romans 8:35-37 (NLT)

Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love?

Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?

(As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”)

No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.

We encourage you to pray Paul’s powerful questions and culminating response before the Lord. As you do, in what ways is the Spirit nudging you to respond? Perhaps he will nudge you to pray for those who are experiencing “trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death.” If the Lord brings specific people to mind, consider letting them know that you are praying for them. How else might the Spirit be prompting you to encourage or support these people?

Please specifically pray that Greenhouse students will know the breadth and depth of God’s love for each of them personally. As we pray for those in our community, contemplate that “overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.” Allow that reality to affect your prayers, your posture of heart, and your active service for our King.