We believe in God and have peace with him because Jesus died.
When we experience the trials of life, we can see the good coming out of the bad because they develop character in us, which helps us trust God more. When we do this, we feel God's love for us: because we believe in God and have peace with him because Jesus died.
"When God accepts us because we have faith in his promises, we can have real peace with him because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.
We can become all that God has had in mind for us to be.
We can rejoice when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us—they help us learn to be patient.
This patience develops strength of character in us and helps us trust God more each time we use it until finally our hope and faith are strong and steady.
Then we are able to hold our heads high no matter what happens and know that all is well, for we know how dearly God loves us, and we feel this warm love everywhere within us because God has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. "
We can rely on our past experience of God's faithfulness to sustain us in the present and carry us into the future.
"Christ came at just the right time, when we were utterly helpless, with no way of escape, and died for us sinners who had no use for him. Even if we were good, we really wouldn’t expect anyone to die for us, though, of course, that might be barely possible. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
We had faith in God and his promises, but it was Christ's death which gave us peace and reconciliation with God." Summarised from The Living Bible.
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