Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! He has given us the Holy Spirit to bear witness with our spirits that we are the children of God, so we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Holy Spirit also produces the early signs of the revelation of our adoption as God’s children and the redemption of our bodies, so we eagerly anticipate the glory to come. This internal assurance and growing anticipation is just what we need to live in hope, patient and faithful to Christ.