EUPHORIA Devotional (The spirit of joy, an ecstasy that comes from God) December 29, 2025 BECAUSE HE LIVES REV. AROME E. TOKULA Colossians 1:27 - To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY.   One of the things the gospel does to you as a child of God is to give you hope. Through the gospel, you are assured of spending eternity with the Father! The gospel also assures you of the victory and triumph of life over death in any situation. It doesn't matter where you are or what your experiences are before you became a child of God, the gospel of our Lord Jesus gives you a reason to live and believe for better things and new experiences!   1 Peter 1:3-4 (Message) says that, “What a God we have! And how fortunate we are to have him, this Father of our Master Jesus! because Jesus was raised from the dead, we’ve been given a brand-new life and have EVERYTHING TO LIVE FOR, including a future in heaven—and the FUTURE STARTS NOW!”   When the Bible says that you've been given a brand-new life, it isn't saying that you've been given a brand new 'lifestyle,' it is actually saying that you've been given a brand-new kind of life! You've been given the eternal life of God! This life is the resurrection life of God that injects life into any dead thing and brings it back to life. It gives you a confident assurance that things must change. Your future isn't just in heaven because the future starts now!   You don't have to go to heaven to be healed because there's no sickness in heaven. You won't have to go to heaven to be prosperous because the same resurrection life that raised Jesus from the dead is in you and that same life can turn anything around for your good! Apostle Paul speaking in Philippians 1:19-20 says, “For I know that this shall TURN TO MY SALVATION through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, According to my EARNEST EXPECTATION and MY HOPE, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.” The hope of the gospel is what removes every form of shame from your life! It doesn't matter whether the situation looks terrible on the outside and the timelines elapse, you know that everything is working out in your favour so there's no need to be ashamed because you can see victory and you always win.   Our text, Colossians 1:27 says that the mystery of the Christian life is, “.. Christ in you, the hope of glory.” It means that because the resurrected Christ lives within your spirit man, you can expect your life to move from glory to glory! From beauty to beauty!   Christ in us is the reason we know that we will be better today than we were yesterday! It is the reason we can walk off the bed of sickness! It is the reason we can see all the dreams that the Father has implanted in our hearts coming to pass. It is the reason we can dream again and expect good things to come out of negative situations because according to Romans 8:28 (TPT), “... we are convinced that every detail of our lives is continually woven together to fit into God’s perfect plan of bringing good into our lives, for we are his lovers who have been called to fulfill his designed purpose.”   This is the confidence with which you should face life in the coming year as you thank God for a glorious 2025 in Jesus Name.    DECLARE I am a child of God and I know that the resurrection life of God is in me because I have Christ Jesus living in me. I am not afraid of the future because the future belongs to me. I am certain that every detail of my life is working out the purpose of God in my life. I'm born and ordained for a life of glory and I'm living it everday in Jesus Name. Thank You Father for 2025   PONDER The hope of the gospel has removed every form of shame from your life. #IOFWithPastorArome #MorningDevotion #Euphoria #Devotional #December #RecompenseAndReward #2025_TheChristOurLord