Category Archives: Persecution

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,

Stop jumping from oasis to oasis.

…Let not your heart be troubled… – John 14:27, KJV There are days when you just wake up jittery. The worries of the day pile on you the moment you awake, and from the get-go, you teeter-totter on the brink

It’s all for nought if you leave your first love.

I know your industry…But I have this [one charge to make] against you…[you have deserted Me, your first love]. – Revelation 2: 2, 4, Amplified Bible (AMP) From time to time we need to be reminded of the trappings of

God would like you to stare at a metal plate for over a year.

For I have laid upon you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, 390 days [representing 390 years]; so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. – Ezekiel 4:5, Amplified Bible (AMP)

Quit nagging about the stuff you don’t have.

And should you seek great things for yourself? -Jeremiah 45:5, Amplified Bible (AMP) The Book of Jeremiah is saturated with extremely long chapters, but it has a few short ones as well, with one in particular standing out. Jeremiah Chapter

God will lift you up out of the miry clay.

…And in the dungeon or cistern pit there was no water, but only mire, and Jeremiah sank in the mire. – Jeremiah 38:6, Amplified Bible, AMP We have a bad habit of thinking that if we are obedient to The Lord, life