A Little While

A Little While 

 

A little while can change how everything looks or even feels, but it never changes what God said and promised

 

Opening scripture

John 12:12-16 

 In a little while the crowd went from laying down the red carpet to calling out

“Crucify Him“ 

 

They Remembered 

John 16:16-18 

What God is doing may not always make sense in the moment because unclear to us doesn’t mean it’s out of His control

 

John 16:19,20 

Weeping: To express deep sorrow with visible emotion

Lament:  is grief that has language (groaning) Pain that speaks 

 

Sorrow to Joy: Divine transfer of pain into purpose 

 

Romans 8:18 

 

The Turning Point

John 16:21,22

Appointed pain ( not random) in some seasons of life are not punishment they are the process

 

The Joy becomes stronger than the memory of the suffering

 

What is born redefines, what was endured! 

 

Ask in His Name, Live in His Love

John 16:23-28 

Ask in My Name: 

His Authority 

His Will 

Based on His Finished Work 

 

That your Joy may be Full: Prayer it’s not just about answers, it’s about the Joy of our relationship with God 

 

Do you now believe?

John 16:29-33 

Faith that is untested is often unproven 

 

What feels like a lifetime to us is only 

A Little While to God, but when it passes, we stand in Victory, find more

Clarity and our Joy is Full!