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. Jesus doesn't promise absence of trouble. He promises his presence within it.
Trouble is certain. The world resists the kingdom. But Jesus has already overcome it. Not by escaping it. By passing through it. So you can have peace even in trouble because the ultimate outcome isn't in question. I've found this true: not that problems disappear when I believe in Jesus. But that my relationship to the problems changes.
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