Category Archives: Persecution

Ridiculing Christians is nothing new.

When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, one said to him, Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?… – 2 Kings 9:11, Amplified Bible (AMP) As wise Solomon once wrote, “There is nothing

Are you feeling a little muddy today?

Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring is a righteous man who yields, falls down, and compromises his integrity before the wicked. – Proverbs 25:26, Amplified Bible (AMP) Persecution is part of the Christian life. Some experience only verbal

Ask for Paul’s attitude first thing every day.

But none of these things move me; neither do I esteem my life dear to myself, if only I may finish my course with joy and the ministry which I have obtained from [which was entrusted to me by] the

Don’t back down from the sharks.

I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency]. – Philippians 4:13, Amplified Bible (AMP)

Renounce Christ or die? What would you choose?

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace,

Lower than a snake’s belly in a wagon rut.

My heart is grievously pained… – Psalm 55:4, Amplified Bible (AMP) Psalm 55 chronicles some of the deepest sorrow that David ever experienced. Filled with words like “distraught, “oppression,” “pain,” “terror,” “horror,” and “trembling,” David exquisitely described what it is

Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

Your servant killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God! – 1 Samuel 17:36, Amplified Bible (AMP) There is an old

Chin up! Your weary soul means you are doing something right for Christ!

In toil and hardship, watching often [through sleepless nights], in hunger and thirst, frequently driven to fasting by want, in cold and exposure and lack of clothing, – 2 Corinthians 11:27, Amplified Bible (AMP) It’s when you are in the

Promises, promises. Make sure you keep yours!

When the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voice and wept. – Judges 2:4, Amplified Bible (AMP) God never fails to keep His promises, but we often do. When we

A danger for us all.

For when I have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten and filled themselves and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and