Christian persecution
But The Lord Helped Me
“You pushed me violently so that I was falling,But the Lord helped me.The Lord is my strength and song,And He has become my salvation.” (Psalm 118:13-14 NASB1995) If we are the Lord’s servants and messengers, and if we are taking the truth of the gospel to the people of the world, we should expect that … Continue reading But The Lord Helped Me
They Will Put You Out!
“All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. … Continue reading They Will Put You Out!
If The World Hates You
“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
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
Run With It 