--- title: "Hope in the Unexpected | The Tree Church" url: https://thetree.church/blog/2024/12/11/hope-in-the-unexpected description: "Open by taking 2-3 minutes to pray and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time.  Read Romans 5. Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read.   After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to both what you hig..." lang: en --- 721 N. Memorial Drive, Lancaster, OH 43130✦ Main Service: Sunday 9 & 11am✦ Movement Youth Sunday 5:30pm✦ Lancaster & Logan, Ohio✦ 721 N. Memorial Drive, Lancaster, OH 43130✦ Main Service: Sunday 9 & 11am✦ Movement Youth Sunday 5:30pm✦ Lancaster & Logan, Ohio✦ Blog (https://thetree.church/blog) Take 20: https://thetree.church/blog/category/take-20 # Hope in the Unexpected December 11th, 2024 by Tree Church Daily Image: Hope in the Unexpected (https://base44.app/api/apps/6ac2bb755fa612c2228960ca/files/mp/public/6ac2bb755fa612c2228960ca/90fac2f34_17368658_2000x1125_2500.jpg) Open by taking 2-3 minutes to pray and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time. **Read Romans 5**. Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read. After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to both what you highlighted in the passage and what is going on in your life. **How can you see God shaping your character and building your hope through challenges you’re currently facing?** Now, take 10 minutes to seek God in prayer… 1. Begin your time in prayer by taking 1-3 minutes to sit in silence (You can take longer if you sense the Spirit already beginning to speak to you). 2. Talk to God about the struggles you’re enduring and ask Him to reveal their purpose. 3. Talk to God about how His love gives you hope even in difficult times. 4. Talk to God about how you can grow in endurance and character through your trials. 5. Close by taking 5 minutes to sit in silence, asking God if there is anything else He wants to speak to you today. Posted in Take 20 (https://thetree.church/blog/category/take-20)Character (https://thetree.church/blog/tag/character)Come Close (https://thetree.church/blog/tag/come-close)Hope (https://thetree.church/blog/tag/hope)