In the World You Will Have Trouble

"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world." (1)

"In the world you will have tribulation." How about one day's headlines:
"Korea Confirms It Has Nuclear Weapons"
"Baghdad Blast Kills 2, Wounds 2"
"Hamas Attacks Gaza Jewish Settlements"
"Woman Arrested on Charges of Scalping a Teenage Girl"

When will the violence end?

Ending the violence and the ravages of sin is the mission of every true follower of Christ.

"Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.

"For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it." (2)

"Be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. In Me you may have peace."

1. John 16:31-33.
2. Isaiah 55:6-11.