You're Built for This: Hope in Suffering

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When the news keeps changing and you wonder if you can handle what comes next, hope in suffering can feel out of reach. Romans 5 says suffering can build hope when it rests on the right foundation, which is peace with God through grace. Suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, character produces hope, and God's love covers us through all of it. In this sermon, Pastor Kaloma Smith of UAMEZ Church in Palo Alto, California preaches on Romans 5:1-11 as the coronavirus reached the Bay Area and shows why believers are built for hard seasons. Questions this sermon answers How do you have hope in suffering? Build on what Jesus did on the cross instead of on your knowledge, resources or gifts, because the peace God gives doesn't need everything around you to be perfect. How should a Christian respond in hard times? Stay realistic, use the wisdom God gave you, and serve the people about to fall through the cracks, like hourly workers, kids, students and seniors. Does trusting God mean ignoring wisdom? No. God gave us minds to reason with, so we can use what we know about how disease spreads and still check on the sick and the seniors. What does it mean that God's love covers us? Romans 5:8 says God showed his love for us in that Christ died for us while we were still sinners, and his grace is enough for what he asks of us. Scripture: Romans 5:1-11 Chapters 0:00 You're built for this season 0:38 Romans 5:1-11 and prayer 2:59 A believer's response to panic 7:27 Foundation: peace with God 15:06 How suffering builds hope 22:42 Covering: God's love 28:08 My hope is built on Jesus Join us Sundays at 10 AM PT, 3549 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306, or live at youtube.com/@uamez Plan your visit: uamez.com Instagram: instagram.com/uamezchurch Facebook: facebook.com/uamezchurch #UAMEZChurch #HopeInSuffering #Romans5