A BETTER DAY AHEAD

Romans 8:18-25

I.  THE PROBLEM OF PAIN

A. (v.19-22) Creation experiences it

B. (v.23) Believers experience it

II.  THE POWER OF HOPE
      Hope – the confident expectation of future good

A. (v.18) Hope causes us to think right

1. About the present

2. About the future

B. (v.19-25a) Hope causes us to eagerly wait

C. (v.26b) Hope causes us to persevere