“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. Remember the word that … Continue reading If The World Hates You
Christian persecution
Hear The People Cry
Time is ticking, ticking byHear the people, hear them cryMurderers plenty at their gatesDeath of people now their fate Death their witness to their livesWhat all they had to surviveCruel people led by hatePutting them to death, to date Wars a plenty, racketeersAt the people they do sneerCare not one lick what they doTo the … Continue reading Hear The People Cry
The Lord is My Strength
“Each evening they come back,howling like dogsand prowling about the city.There they are, bellowing with their mouthswith swords in their lips—for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?” “But you, O Lord, laugh at them;you hold all the nations in derision.O my Strength, I will watch for you,for you, O God, are my fortress.My God in … Continue reading The Lord is My Strength
The Church Under Fire, Hear My Case
Chapter Four Hear My Case May 27, 2023 I am now reading in Acts 25. The Apostle Paul was being held in custody under the authority of the governor Felix. And during this time, Felix would visit him on occasion and would listen to Paul sharing about his faith. And this went on for two … Continue reading The Church Under Fire, Hear My Case
The Church Under Fire, We’re Not All the Same
Chapter Three We’re Not All the Same May 27, 2023 Acts 21,22,23 and Acts 24:1-23 Summary The apostle Paul was now in Jerusalem, and he was being accused by some Jews of things he did not do. And so the tribune arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. And he was … Continue reading The Church Under Fire, We’re Not All the Same
Have No Fear of Them
“So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the … Continue reading Have No Fear of Them
For His Name’s Sake
This Was Then I am reading in Matthew 10. Jesus was sending his twelve disciples out to “the lost sheep of the house of Israel,” i.e. to those physical descendants of Abraham (and Sarah) who had not yet believed in Jesus as the Christ (the Messiah), the promised seed of Abraham, who was to come, … Continue reading For His Name’s Sake
We are Treated as Impostors
“We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; by truthful speech, … Continue reading We are Treated as Impostors
Clouds and Thunder
Clouds and thunder, days of hunger,Enemies lurking, liars working,Not good fellows, armies bellow,All asunder, bad men blunder. Time is ticking, truth not clicking,Faith in God to wise men sticking.Foolishness is now accepted,Truth of God is intercepted. Truth and lies now interchanging,For the gospel rearranging,Good is evil, evil good,For the truth not understood. Jesus said that … Continue reading Clouds and Thunder
We are Destined for Persecutions
“Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone, and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith, that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are … Continue reading We are Destined for Persecutions
Run With It 