Living A LIFESTYLE Of FAITH, PT. 2

BEING A BELIEVER EVERYDAY Rom 12:12; Selected Scriptures By D.Z. Cofield, Th. M., D. Min. September 26, 2021 Scripture Reading: Romans 12:9-21 (NLT2) – Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. 10 Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other. 11 Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically. 12 Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying. 13 When God’s people are in need, be ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality. 14 Bless those who persecute you. Don’t curse them; pray that God will bless them. 15 Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep. 16 Live in harmony with each other. Don’t be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don’t think you know it all! 17 Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. 18 Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone. 19 Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, “I will take revenge; I will pay them back,” says the LORD. 20 Instead, “If your enemies are hungry, feed them. If they are thirsty, give them something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals of shame on their heads.” 21 Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good. Living A LIFESTYLE Of FAITH, PT. 2 1. Your FAITH is REAL when you can REJOICE in your HOPE in The LORD no matter what’s going on around you. Romans 12:12 (NLT2) – Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying. Romans 12:12 (ESV) – Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Rejoice – Hope – 1 Peter 1:3-4 (ESV) – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 1 Peter 4:12-13 (ESV) – Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. Romans 5:1-5 (ESV) – Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. 2. Your FAITH is REAL when you learn how to be PATIENT when you’re in TROUBLE. Romans 12:12 (NLT2) – Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying. Romans 12:12 (ESV) – Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Patient – Tribulation – Ephesians 3:16-19 (ESV) – that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled w...