Comfort to Share
Though outwardly you're wasting away, inwardly you're being renewed day by day. Your light and momentary troubles are achieving eternal glory that far outweighs them all. Don't fix your eyes on what's seen but on what's unseen - what's seen is temporary, what's unseen is eternal. Don't los
Jesus, you've already conquered death through resurrection, but I'm still dying. You've already defeated Satan, but evil still proliferates. You've already broken sin's power, but I still struggle. I'm living in this tension between what's already true and what's not yet fully realized, an
Christians live in strange temporal tension - the kingdom of God has come but hasn't fully come. Jesus inaugurated God's kingdom through his death and resurrection, but that kingdom won't be consummated until his return. We live between the "already" and the "not yet," experiencing kingdom
The Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you. The same power that brought Jesus out of the tomb lives inside you. That's not metaphor - it's reality. Resurrection power for resurrection living. You have access to divine strength for every challenge you face.