Dr. Mike Woods unpacks Romans 8:28, arguing that God's past faithfulness guarantees he'll turn your hardships into profit. Prayer sustains spiritual health, rejoicing nurtures emotional health, and Scripture supports mental health. Love God and follow your calling, and he'll blend your good and bad experiences into something purposeful.
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Well, grace and peace everyone from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This is Dr. Mike Woods, and listen, I wanted to jump in here really quick to let you know it's going to work out. There's a passage of scripture in Romans 8:28. It says this, it says, and we know, the word know there is ginosko in Greek, which is knowledge that is gained through a process by relationship and experience. So, and we know through our process, through our relationship and our encounters and our experiences with God, the things he has done, because it has done, is just as powerful as his will do. If he did it before, you better believe he can do it again. So I want you to understand something. All things will work together for good. Good. The word good there in Greek is profit. P-R-O-F-I-T. Ask a businessman to define profit. He's going to tell you what's left over after the expenses of the business has been paid and covered. Oh my God. Oh my goodness. Glory to the name of God. So everything you're going through right now, it may look bleak. It may look tough, but God is gonna give you some profit out of this. Two things you gotta make sure of. Make sure you love the Lord and that you are called according to his purpose. The Bible said, for them that love God and are the called according to his purpose, he said, is going to work together for your good. Now here's the amazing thing. The master chef, God himself, takes your bad times, the things you're dealing with, the things you're going through right now that seem like they're not gonna change. He becomes a master chef. Up and blends your good and your bad. And he brings out a product that's qualified for purpose, qualified for an assignment. And many a times, guys, we don't understand it, that what gives a lot of scriptures context is the things we go through. Hear this. Listen, praying is good for our spiritual health because it keeps us connected to the presence, right? But rejoicing is good for our emotional health because we find joy in all things. Glory to the name of God. And then we understand that our mental health is affected through the word of God by keeping our mind stayed on him. So I challenge you guys, choose to win, receive the victory, because it's gonna work for your good just because you love God. I love you. Peace.
