Jesus said, “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust in me.
Why am I so sad? Why am I so upset? I should put my hope in God and keep praising him, my Savior and my God.
Then I say “This is what makes me sad: For years the power of God Most High was with us.”
You, Lord, give true peace to those who depend on you, because they trust you.
God, you are my comfort when I am very sad and when I am afraid.
When Jesus saw Mary crying and the Jews who came with her also crying, he was upset and was deeply troubled.
“Now I am very troubled. Should I say, ‘Father, save me from this time’? No, I came to this time so I could suffer.
Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me is really believing in the One who sent me.
I am telling you this now before it happens so that when it happens, you will believe that I am he.
Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy will be the fullest possible joy.
They will do this because they have not known the Father and they have not known me.
Your hearts are filled with sadness because I have told you these things.
so that all people will honor the Son as much as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
Those who see the Son and believe in him have eternal life, and I will raise them on the last day. This is what my Father wants.”
But now you should forgive him and comfort him to keep him from having too much sadness and giving up completely.
That is why since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people,
Do not become easily upset in your thinking or afraid if you hear that the day of the Lord has already come. Someone may have said this in a prophecy or in a message or in a letter as if it came from us.
Through Christ you believe in God, who raised Christ from the dead and gave him glory. So your faith and your hope are in God.