BEAUTY OF THE ASHES
BISHOP DR. CLARENCE W. MCCLAIN
He fortifies your faith.
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• He makes your life a testimony.
Trees don’t grow overnight. But when planted by the Lord, they bear fruit in due season.
Real-Life Examples of Divine Exchange
1. The woman at the well (John 4) came with shame and left with a mission.
2. Peter, after denying Christ, was restored to leadership (John 21).
3. Mary Magdalene, once tormented, became the first witness of the resurrection.
Each of them gave Jesus their ashes. He gave them beauty.
What ashes do you need to hand over today? What ashes do you need to hand over today?
Personal Application—How to Step into the Exchange
1. Surrender: Let God have your ashes—don’t hide them.
2. Repent: Own your pain and trust His power to restore.
3. Receive: Let go of what you thought life should be and receive His better plan.
4. Rejoice: Begin to worship before the beauty is visible.
Faith believes beauty is coming—while you are still holding ashes.
Encouragement for the Weary
You are not forgotten. Your ashes are not too messy. Your mourning is not meaningless.
Your heaviness is not permanent.
Jesus has come for such a time as this. He did not have to do it, but He did. The cross is
the ultimate divine exchange; He took the Ashes of our sins with Him in His death
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