BE OF GOOD CHEER: CHRIST HAS OVERCOME THE WORLDA Meditation on John 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.” — John 16:33
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
“I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 3:13–14
“Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.” — II Timothy 1:9
A Meditation on Proverbs 3:5–6
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”
—Proverbs 3:5–6
“Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.” — Isaiah 43:18–19
“A Meditation on Philippians 1:6”
“But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!” — Matthew 8:27
“And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD.” — Lamentations 3:18
“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.” — Matthew 16:25
“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.” — James 1:2–4
Desiring to Be Teachers, Yet Understanding Neither What They Say
“Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.” — 1 Timothy 1:7
Romans 5:20 is one of the Apostle Paul’s most concentrated declarations of the triumph of divine grace:
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 3:13–14
“Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.” — Proverbs 16:24
