Topic: VERILY, VERILY (3)  [Church of God Mission International] Above Only Daily Devotional 9 JANUARY 2023

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ABOVE ONLY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

BY: ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA

MONDAY JANUARY 9TH, 2023

VERILY, VERILY (3)

John 16:20 (KJV, GNB), Psalms 30:5

Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy *I am telling you the truth: you will cry and weep, but the world will be glad; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into gladness. *For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

When Jesus was about to go to the Cross to suffer and die for the world, He told His disciples that they would go through a time of sorrow, but that their sorrow would be turned into joy. This sorrow that they went through was not because God was trying to punish them, but because God was working out something so glorious for them and the entire world. In the same way, God wants us to always be assured that whatever challenge or difficulty we ever face, will certainly be temporal and it will be turned around for our good.

“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,” (2Cor.4:17). “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us,” (Rom.8:18).

This year, do not let any challenge you face make you doubt that you will overcome it. Be assured of your victory. Jesus said to His disciples, “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,” (John 16:33). No matter what you face, always remember that Jesus has overcome that situation for you already. As such, your victory is always sure.

Prayer:
I thank you, Father, for the victory that Jesus has already won for me in every area of my life. For this, I know I will always overcome

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