Take Heed!

 

Will Faith Let You Sing?

 

Living Your Worst Life.

 

Slip Into Holy Time.

 

Jesus' Peace Is Not the World's.

 Note- Jesus did not sugarcoat what our lives would be like! Jesus did NOT tell us this world would give us happiness! Jesus told us we would have tribulation! Jesus told us we would SUFFER! So why are we so surprised at all the suffering? We should be horrified by it, agonize over the awfulness of it all, but we shouldn't be surprised it exists. We shouldn't let it touch even the tiniest bit of our faith in Jesus!

Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Jesus left His peace with us.
Jesus gave us His peace.
Jesus told us His peace wouldn't be peace that the world offers.
Jesus doesn't want our hearts to be troubled.
Jesus doesn’t want our hearts to be afraid.

Joh 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Jesus gave us His words so we might have peace.
Jesus told us that in the world we will suffer.
Jesus told us to be of good cheer, knowing, HE overcame the world.

Do YOU have any tribulation in your life? Any at all? Do you know anyone who has tribulation in their life? Do you recognize that people have tribulations in their lives?

Tribulation- 'a cause of great trouble or suffering'

Great trouble, great suffering.

These are subjective to a point, yes? I say that because there are lives filled with nothing but torturous pain from illness, disease, enemies, and there are lives filled with lesser degrees of these things, and still other lives even less- minimal suffering. There is emotional agony some endure just from having minds that don't function in the proper way- and their lives are full of personal tribulation- suffering and trouble.

Tribulations - suffering and troubles truly are subjective to each individual though many who suffer even the worst of horrors will still agree that there are horrors still worse than their own. Witnessing others suffering is its own kind of suffering and trouble, sometimes having to witness another immersed in great tribulations is its own greatest of tribulations.

Jesus did NOT lie to us! Jesus did NOT try to sell us a song and a dance of peace and safety here upon earth! Jesus is truth and He told us TRUTHFULLY there would be GREAT SUFFERING, GREAT TROUBLE in our lives! He told us?! HE TOLD US! He never tried to spin a great yarn of peace on earth, peace in our lives, peace in our existence. He told us we could have peace, but not the world's peace. He told us He would leave us peace, He would give us HIS peace.

HIS PEACE.

And His peace overcame the world!

Hope to overcome. Hope for a better world. Hope real hope in a life of the truest of peace. A future of hope- this is His peace for us. This is why during ALL the horribleness of life, and there is so much, we can have peace where our hearts aren't troubled, where we aren't afraid. I'm not talking about the natural fear that springs up in us all the time. I'm talking about the fear that steals the hope of salvation, the hope of eternal life in Jesus Christ.

Please, Lord Jesus, let us know the peace you left with us, the peace you give to us, not the peace of the world, but the peace you gave and continue to give!

All through Your amazing love! Thank you! All glory, all honor, all praise to YOU LORD JESUS now and forever! Amen!!!!!!!

Accountable God.

 

Christ Expectations!