The Journey of Expectant Hope : (Romans 8:22-28) : Daily Prayer and Devotional

📔 Daily Devotion.In this episode of "Warfare Prayers," Pastor Derrick Crosby explores "Grace for Every Groan," inspired by Romans 8:22-28. Addressing life’s struggles, Pastor Crosby contrasts uncertain, everyday hope with the expectant, assured hope found in God’s promises. Listeners are encouraged to persevere with faith, trusting that God’s grace is sufficient for every challenge. The episode includes elements of Daily Prayer, Prayer Guidance, Daily Devotion, Bible Study, and Spiritual Warfare. It concludes with a prayer for strength and guidance, urging listeners to remain steadfast and hopeful, knowing that God’s promises will be fulfilled.📖 Today's ScriptureRomans 8:22-28For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance. Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession [a]for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.💡 Main TakeawaysTheme of "Grace for Every Groan"Exploration of hope and perseverance in life's challengesInsights derived from Romans 8:22-28Acknowledgment of life's struggles and collective groaning due to original sinAvailability of grace through the sacrifice of Jesus ChristDistinction between uncertain hope and biblical expectant hopeAnalogy of a pregnant woman enduring pain with joyful expectationImportance of trusting in God's promises and waiting with patienceEncouragement to lean on God rather than personal understandingEmphasis on enduring faith and the grace that supports us through difficulties🛡 Spiritual Warfare Resources https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbL9sqcPLOrmzG0c91Igb6wWarfare Prayers Website🙌  Call To Action Subscribe To Warfare Prayer Podcast for daily inspiration, devotion and prayer. Share this episode with someone going through trails and challenges Leave a review for Warfare Prayers Podcast. Support Warfare Prayers Here Warfare Prayer Transcript# IntroductionWelcome to warfare prayers. The podcast where you will find guidance and strength for life's toughest battles. Here you'll be inspired and spiritually grounded through my daily devotions, discovering the power of deliverance and peace that comes from God's Word. We're in the book of Romans eight and 22 through 28. Our topic is grace for every groan. And in our last episode, I talked about the groanings of life, and the groanings of life represent the groans of all creation. It comes from the curse of the first sin that was ever committed upon the earth, and that sin still sticks with us. And this is why we are susceptible to things like cancer, diabetes, depression, and arthritis. We're susceptible to stress and death. These are all groanings. But when Jesus Christ came and he died for our sins. Yes, we go through things still, but there is grace for every groan, because he came that we may have life, and that we may have it abundantly. So the Bible tells us three things that we have in him that I'm going to cover in the next few episodes.---# The Grace of HopeBut the first thing that we have, the grace that we have in him, as the Bible tells us in Romans 8:22 through 28, down in verse 24, it tells us that we have hope. I want you to know this morning that you have hope in the midst of the challenges that you go through in the midst of pain that you face. You have hope. Now the Bible says, for we are saved in this hope. But hope that is seen is not hope. For why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance. Now, when the Bible mentions hope, this is not the type of hope that we recognize as today's hope. Today's hope is a hope that something gets done. Today's hope means that I hope the mailman runs today. I hope they get my order right at the restaurant. I hope I have a good day today. See, this is the kind of hope that may work out and it may not work out.---# Expectant HopeThat is not the kind of hope that the Bible is talking about. The hope that Paul is speaking of in this particular context is an expectant hope. It's a hope that's built on expectation, and it is a hope that is not seen. Okay. Paul relates this to the birth pains of a woman. It's the same expectant hope that a woman has when she is in the last stages of pregnancy. She feels the pain, the symptoms, the groanings. But it is outweighed by the expected hope of birthing a child. See, a baby shower is the expression of expectant hope. We don't celebrate the baby shower. We don't go out and buy things to support the child and the mother and father because the mother might have the baby. We celebrate because we have an expected hope that it will happen. An expectant hope. What the Bible is talking about is something that will happen in your life. It's an expectation. This is why the Bible says eyes have not seen, ears have not heard. Neither can the mind imagine the things that God has in store for those who love him.---# The Certainty of God's PromiseYou can't even imagine this hope that God has for you. But it is not based on there's a possibility of it happening. No, it's based on the truth that it will happen because God does not lie on His word. In the meantime, what you need to do, the Bible says in verse 25, is eagerly wait for it with perseverance. Patience and perseverance is what you need. Trust in the Lord with all of your heart. Lean not on your own understanding, but in all of your ways. Acknowledge him and he will direct your path. There is grace for every groan because God gives us hope. And this is hope that is not seen, is not seen. And if you wait on it, you wait on it. With perseverance, God will fulfill every promise in your life. Whatever you're praying for, whatever you believe in God for, if you are having faith and you're trusting in him, he will not lie on His Word. Because we don't have the hope of the world.---# Enduring with Expectant HopeWe have an expectant hope of eternal life in Christ and abundant life in Christ. So all you need to do remember to experience grace in every groan is to patiently wait for it. With perseverance. The race is not given to the swift, nor to the strong, but to he that endures. Let us pray.---# Closing PrayerFather, we come before you in the name of Jesus, and by the power of your precious blood. We pray today that you would first give us strength to endure the groanings of life. Give us strength, father, to stand in the midst of how we feel in the midst of what we see. We pray that you would empower us and give us wisdom not to listen to the voice of our circumstances, but to listen to the voice of your Word, Father God, which lead and guides us into all truth. We pray, father, that you would give us a spirit and empower our faith today to walk in this expectant hope, to walk in expectation. Father of not what you might do, but based on what you will do in our lives.Help us, father, to carry our cross every day, and to have the same expectant hope as a pregnant woman has. Understanding, father, that you've birthed greatness on the inside of us. You've birth your presence within us. And father, these things have not quite all the way manifested yet. But we believe, father, that one day they will, because your word declares that they will. So, father, we pray today that you would order our steps, lead and guide us, and we pray that your name gets all of the praise and the glory in our lives. In Jesus name we pray today. Amen.