Week 15 - Romans 8:18-27 This section's outline: A. Creation Groans - Romans 8:18-22 B. Believers Groan - Romans 8:23-25 C. The Spirit Groans - Romans 8:26-27 * Read Romans 8:17-18 o What was Paul's experience with suffering and how does this affect your understanding of these verses and encourage you in your suffering? (See 2 Corinthians 4:7-18; 6:4-10; 11:23-28.) * Read Romans 4:19-22 o List ways you see creation subject to frustration and decay. (See also Genesis 1:27-2:1; 3:17-19.) * Read Romans 8:23-25 o For what do Christians hope and how are they to wait? * Read Romans 8:26-27 o From these verses, share various ways the Holy Spirit works in a believer's life. Can you see how He is working in yours? * Romans 8:26-27 * Luke 12:12 * Acts 1:8 * Acts 16:6-10; 20:22 * Ephesians 4:3-4 * Ephesians 6:17 * 1 Corinthians 2:12