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Romans 8:28
28We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
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"Romans 8:28 does not promise that everything that happens is good. It promises that God is at work in everything, bringing good even from terrible circumstances. This is not passive acceptance but active hope that participates in God's redemptive work." — Barbara Brown Taylor.
"God doesn't promise to exempt us from trouble; He promises to work within the trouble. And note: it says those who LOVE God. Our loving cooperation with God is part of how things work together. We are not passive; we...
"Romans 8:28 is not a promise that everything will be comfortable, but that everything serves a purpose. And that purpose is defined by the calling: to be conformed to Christ. God wastes nothing in the lives of those who love Him." — John Stott.
"I believe that God can and will bring good out of evil, even out of the greatest evil. For that purpose He needs human beings who make the best use of everything.
"God is too good to be unkind and too wise to be mistaken. When you cannot trace His hand, you can always trust His heart. Romans 8:28 is God's personal promise to YOU: in YOUR situation, for YOUR good, He is working." — Charles Stanley.
"God is always good, and He's always working. Romans 8:28 doesn't mean God causes evil; it means He redeems everything the enemy meant for harm. Our job is to believe His goodness even when we can't see it. Faith declares:...
"God judged it better to bring good out of evil than not to permit any evil to exist.
"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. This is the substance of Romans 8:28 for those who have suffered: God is not absent from history. He is working—sometimes invisibly, often slowly—bending all things toward...
"God never does anything accidentally, and He never makes mistakes—only we do. God never does anything accidentally, and He never makes mistakes—only we do. To those who love Him, He works all things—even our mistakes—together for good." — A.W.
"If there is one maverick molecule in the universe—one molecule running loose outside the plan of God—then God is not sovereign, and if God is not sovereign, He is not God. Romans 8:28 rests on absolute sovereignty: ALL things, without...
Sovereign God, when I cannot see Your purposes, help me trust Your presence. You who work all things together for good— even this confusion, even this waiting— teach me to rest in what I cannot understand. Not because I see...