From Groans To Glory Romans 8:18 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 07.07.14

FROM GROANS TO GLORY

BREAD

¹⁸ I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

Romans 8:18 (NIV)

¹⁶ Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. ¹⁷ For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. ¹⁸ So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (NIV)

BUTTER

“Each adopted child of the Lord is going to receive the full inheritance.  Everything that Jesus Christ received by divine right, believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are going to receive by divine grace.....Whatever problem you are facing today that is making you groan,  He is turning your groaning into glory.  All the pain and all the hurt and all the suffering and all the agony, all the disappointment and all the dashed hopes and shattered dreams, all the insults and all the rejection, are all nothing when it comes to the Father’s glory that you will one day inherit.  You can’t even begin to compare them.  Test and rejoice in the Truth that the Spirit of God is giving you the ultimate victory, He is guaranteeing and sealing your adoption, and He is turning your groaning into glory.”   Michael Youssef

HEART SAVOR

·       My present sufferings will pale compared to the eternal glory that will be one day be revealed in me – it far outweighs them al.  This full inheritance as a child of the King, this ultimate victory is both certain and sure.

·       Wonderfully, all the disappointments and pains of this life are temporary while the glory that will be revealed in me is eternal.

·       Jesus will turn my groans into glory.  I can count on it.