John 16:33

"I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace. In the world you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be..."

"[To his disciples, Jesus continued,] "I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows....."

"[Jesus said,] "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

"Art thou asking the reason of this, believer? Look upward to thy heavenly Father, and behold him pure and holy. Dost thou know that thou art one day....."

Inspirational illustration of John 16:33 -- I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.

Inspirational illustration of John 16:33 tniv -- I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world.

Was 2016 a hard year? So how are you going to face 2017? Byron Ware reminds us that even after a very hard year in 2016, we have good news to carry with us in 2017!

Have you found purpose, meaning, and peace in the life you are living? Phil Ware continues his lifewords series on the post resurrection sayings of Jesus and considers Jesus' blessing, "Peace be with you!"

Can you see beyond the storm clouds in your life Tom Norvell talks about taking off in the pea soup of bad rainy weather and lifting up through the clouds and finding the sun and tying this all to our need to look beyond the clouds.

Will they ever cease? Will we ever have relief? A trip around the Mall in Washington, D.C., leads Tom to reflect on how much he hates war and how he longs for the peace of Christ.

Where can we find peace with what we are facing right now? There is trouble in this world, it crashes in on us and we cannot ignore it, but we must remain focused on Jesus who has overcome the world.

What can you hang on to when your world is filled with troubles? We have all sorts of trouble, heartache, grief, disappointment, discouragement in this world, but Jesus has overcome the world and given us victory.

Where do you find peace in a world as troubled as ours? Tom Norvell shares with us the promise of Jesus to find peace even in the middle of a world full of trouble, because Jesus has overcome the world.

There have been many times in my life that I believed I would only find peace when... Tom Norvell reminds us this Lord’s Day that Jesus came to give us peace and that peace is meant to be a blessing in the middle of the chaos and uncertainty we face in our world.

What is this peace? What is this overcoming Jesus talks about? Phil Ware reminds us of the great truth of Jesus' steadfastness and faithfulness, he won't let us go.

Anchored in the context of the Last Supper, Jesus promises greater things! Phil Ware reminds us that Jesus made great promises in the context of his Last Supper and one of them promised that we would do greater things than he did.

"Dear Beloved, Your world can be a brutal place for good people. I never promised My disciples that life would be easy and without problems. People..."

How often have you pictured Jesus laughing? Jesus laughed, and God laughed, and God commanded laughing, and worthy women laugh, and joy is to be a part of our life as followers of Jesus.

When is a disclaimer good news? God's disclaimers are much better than those on medicine bottles!

What would you do in your last moments with those you love? Phil Ware continues his series on the unpredictable Savior and reminds us of the upper room discourses where Jesus demonstrates and teaches what is most important to him to those who are most important to him, his disciples, his friends, those he loves.

How can we move from contingent joy through courageous joy to contagious joy? Max Lucado reminds us that contagious joy is rooted in courageous joy and not contingent joy, and our courageous joy is rooted in Jesus and faith in what God did through Jesus.

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Christians sometimes practice false advertising. You cannot be healthy without effort. It is the same with Christianity.

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Can you tell us apart? Despite apparent differences, we Christians are the same in the things that matter.

Have you found the source of peace for every season? Tom Norvell describes Jesus as the only source of peace in any season.

Can you resist the urge to be in motion all the time? So often, we try to face every challenge rather than to rest in the peace of the Lord's victory and just be.

What does a Christian believe in the face of one tragedy after another? There will be another tragedy somewhere today. Christians overcome our tragedies because of what we believe about this world.

Every day the news is filled with tragedy. How are we supposed to survive? Jesus has overcome the world. He is the way through disaster, death, pain, and evil.

Would you take God to court? A man sues God because he thinks he didn't get from God what he felt he deserved.

What do you do when you hit a bump in the road? God’s plan for us is not to eliminate suffering in our lives, but to teach us to look past it.

"Dear Faithful Follower, I spoke the words you will read in the verses below before I went to the cross. I planted them like seeds into the hearts of...."