conviction

Whoa. It has been a long time since I posted on this thing. Honestly, it is because I got complacent in my faith. I'm fighting it. It's hard, especially as finals time approaches, but praying for discipline has truly helped.

Anyways, enough about me. What's up Jesus?!

(This is going to be short and choppy for two reasons. One-it's straight from my journal. Two-I'm working off of an hour of sleep last night. Gross.)

Check out Romans 12:12

"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."

Cool. So we've got:

joyful-hope

patient-affliction

faithful-prayer

Without going into much depth, those pairs look great. Joyful hope. Patient affliction. Faithful prayer. Yup, just noticed that.

Anyways..........

Joy:

choice

comes with salvation

happiness

radiant

be joyful always

being in love

Hope:

eagerly waiting

worth it

happy ending

Patient

waiting

not sitting still

say no to complacency

active

Affliction

hard time

being broken

shedding the exterior-painful process

Faithful

confidence

expectant

trust

reliance

Prayer

communication

genuine

humility

All of this is possible through grace. Because of the grace given by the Father, we are able to have salvation which brings joy and hope, helps us to be patient and endure affliction and gives us a reason to hope and pray.

Grace

better than what you deserve

not to be taken for granted

indebted

predestined

cleansed

That is directly connected to God's love

Love

unconditional

satisfying

LIFE CHANGING

Y'all, can people tell? Can people tell that your life has been changed due to the wonders of your Savior?

Why not?