John 16:32-33 “Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. 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.” Jesus’ earthly life is coming to the end God had planned. He is trying to share with his disciples truths they will need to carry on and teach others. Yet He knows they are struggling with understanding this on many levels. God wanted his chosen followers to know that life was about to get harder than they could imagine. Instead of being easier, they were about to be challenged at the very center of their culture. The people they counted on, family and synagogue, were going to betray and persecute them. Sometimes we experience the same today. We may be right there with the disciples who, having spent 3 years learni...