He was, is, and will always be undefeated 🏆

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for Me and for the gospel will save it. —Mark 8:35

Undefeated Today's inspiration comes from: The Jesus Bible Mark 16:1-8   Living in this broken world, people know defeat all too well.   Everyone has experienced a relationship where someone let them down, or a situation that didn't work out the way they hoped. These moments of disappointment or frustration reveal the tragic fact that this world is deeply flawed. Even though believers live in the hope of the resurrection and the victorious life that Jesus promises through His Spirit, he still calls us to live in this world, where we experience death, brokenness, mourning, and pain (in contrast to the coming Kingdom: Revelation 21:4).   Jesus' resurrection reveals to believers the true way to life.   Those who think that the abundant life consists of finding one's way around suffering and hardship have a misguided perception of what Jesus promised. Jesus' life and example teach that the way to a full life consists of service, hardship, opposition, pain, and suffering. Believers look at Jesus' life and see that God's best plan for His Son was to stay close to Him through the most unimaginable of circumstances. The New Testament shows many times over that God was with His Son until the end, when Jesus took our sin upon Himself and suffered on the Cross.   But the good news is God didn't leave His Son in the grave! Jesus' resurrection reveals to believers the true way to life. Jesus' resurrection reveals to believers the true way to life. Because Jesus submitted to the point of death, and then defeated death, He paved the way for all people to find eternal life. By submitting Himself to death, Jesus found life.   For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for Me and for the gospel will save it. — Mark 8:35   It's only in surrendering to His will and His way that believers actually find the fullness of life as God intended it. Giving is the key to gaining.   In all of this, Jesus is victorious. 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