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Archive for 'Persecution'

The grace of God made available has been multiplied for these days…

Malachi 3:1 Lo, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me.
“My beloved child, they persecuted all the prophets. Do you think the children of this age are any more refined? I tell you they are not. The children of my Mother - those consecrated to her - are the messengers of [...]

To be persecuted unjustly is preferable to even a small sin committed willingly…

Daniel 13: 23 22 “I am completely trapped,” Susanna groaned. “If I yield, it will be my death; if I refuse, I cannot escape your power. Yet it is better for me to fall into your power without guilt than to sin before the Lord.”
“My child, remember this, for to be persecuted unjustly [...]

Pray for truth and for the strength to persevere…

Daniel 3:2 He then ordered the satraps, prefects, and governors, the counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the officials of the provinces to be summoned to the dedication of the statue which he had set up.
“My child, do not neglect to pray for the rulers of the earth, for many are being deceived [...]

You will not know where I am taking you and the waters may be troubled, but let the wind of faith steer you…

Daniel 3:5-6 (Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace) “You are ordered to fall down and worship the golden statue which King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. Whoever does not fall down and worship shall be instantly cast into a white-hot furnace.”
“My child, there will come a day of great persecution for those [...]

Do not be afraid even though horrible events surround you…

Ezekiel 7:10-11 See, the day of the LORD! See, the end is coming! Lawlessness is in full bloom, insolence flourishes, violence has risen to support wickedness. It shall not be long in coming, nor shall it delay.
“My beloved, do not be afraid even though horrible events surround you. Turn to me in [...]

Just as the cross was triumph and glory, so too will the suffering of the saints end in triumph and glory…

Isaiah 13:3 I have commanded my dedicated soldiers, I have summoned my warriors, eager and bold to carry out my anger.
“Beloved, do not be afraid. There is much to come, suffering and death, horror and woe. But, my beloved little child, just as the cross was triumph and glory, so too [...]

My heart craves your presence and your witness on the hill outside the camp…

Hebrews 13:13 Let us then go to him outside the camp, bearing the reproach that he bore.
“My child, are you ready to meet your Lord outside the camp? Are you ready to bear the reproach he bore?”
Here I am Lord, I come to live in your will.
“My little child, there is much to [...]

Ask that your prayers will call down the army of heaven to do battle on behalf of my church…

2 Maccabees 13:9 The king was advancing, his mind full of savage plans for inflicting on the Jews worse things than those they suffered in his father’s time.
“My child, the prince of this world has his mind set on great evil. The servants of darkness have unleashed unheard-of evils over the earth [...]

Those who seek to destroy the children of righteousness have armed their bows…

Judith 3:8 Nevertheless, (Holofernes) devastated their whole territory and cut down their sacred groves, for he had been commissioned to destroy all the gods of the earth, so that every nation might worship Nebuchadnezzar alone, and every people and tribe invoke him as a god.
“My child, the great apostasy is in your midst. [...]

Do you see that all this must come to pass before the day of the Lord?

 Ezekiel 2:6 Fear neither them nor their words when they contradict you and reject you, and when you sit on scorpions.
“My child, do you see that all this must come to pass before the day of the Lord? Then I say it again—have no fear! Instead, wrap yourself in the swaddling clothes of the [...]