Category Archives: Persecution

Everybody wants to be the head honcho.

And they said, Has the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? Has He not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it. – Numbers 12:2, Amplified Bible (AMP) When The Lord addresssed His people in Micah Chapter 6, He

Would you consider yourself a loving person or a bitter one?

He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats or harps on a matter separates even close friends. – Proverbs 17:9, Amplified Bible (AMP) Would you consider yourself a loving person or a bitter one? It’s

I have met my enemy, and he is too much for me.

He took off his royal robes and prophesied before Samuel and lay down stripped thus all that day and night. So they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? – 1 Samuel 19:24, Amplified Bible (AMP) For the first seven

Facing the lions may be the best thing you can do for others.

Then the king went to his palace and passed the night fasting… – Daniel 6:18, Amplified Bible, (AMP) The door of the lions’ den was shut, and then the wait began. The nighttime hours brought great trial and tribulation of

It’s time to ditch the “holier-than-thou” attitude.

You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. – Exodus 22:21, Amplified Bible (AMP) There is never a time when a Christian has a right to be spiritually arrogant. Unfortunately,

Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.

And the foremen said to them, The Lord look upon you and judge, because you have made us a rotten stench to be detested by Pharaoh and his servants and have put a sword in their hand to slay us.

When God asks you to carry a burden, understand that it’s for your good and for the good of others.

As a servant earnestly longs for the shade and the evening shadows, and as a hireling who looks for the reward of his work, – Job 7:2, Amplified Bible (AMP) In the midst of a long, hard workday, it is easy to get

Oh, the pain you could avoid if you’d just do things God’s way!

And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in double fetters [hands and feet] and carried him to Babylon. – 2 Kings 25:7, Amplified Bible (AMP) While visiting

Who has control over God’s work in your life?

Behold…the just shall live by his faith. – Habakkuk 2:4, KJV Many people miss the fact that God’s people of the Old Testament, just like God’s people of the New Testament, were to live their lives by faith. Merriam Webster’s

Don’t kill a relationship on a whim.

…He was wounded for our transgressions… – Isaiah 53:5, Amplified Bible (AMP) What do we do when someone lies to us, cheats us, or wrongs us in some way? Our natural tendency is to fight back, to defend our honor,