Tag: persecution
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Blessing in not being offended – 2025.06.18
Luke 7:23 (KJV) And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. Be encouraged today that if Jesus Christ does not offend you that you are blessed. You are blessed even if people don’t like you because you believe in and follow Jesus Christ. “Matthew 10:21-25 (KJV) And the brother shall deliver up…
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The sign spoken against – 2025.06.13
Luke 2:34 (KJV) And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; Jesus Christ is the KING of kings and LORD of lords. He is the Son of GOD, He…
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Worshiping GOD despite of what happens – 2025.03.19
Job 1:20-22 (KJV) 20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the…
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Trouble after repentance – 2025.02.09
2 Chronicles 32:1 (KJV) After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. Have a read of 2 Chronicles 32:1-23.After Hezekiah turned Juda back to the LORD as summarised in “2 Chronicles 31:20-21 (KJV) And…
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Time to stay and time to move on – 2025.02.07
Acts 14:1-7 (KJV)1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.3…
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Kicking against the goads – 2025.02.02
Acts 9:4-5 (KJV)4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. Thayer defined pricks as an iron…
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Jesus Christ is LORD – 2025.01.01
1 Corinthians 12:3 (KJV) Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Have a blessed 2025. The closer we come to the LORD’s return the more vigilant we need…
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Go together – 2024.12.06
Luke 10:1-3 (KJV)1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that…
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In spite of – 2024.12.01
Psalms 119:143 (KJV) Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. No matter what happens and is going on in our lives, let our delight be in the LORD GOD Almighty and His word. When we truly love the LORD we have a willingness to follow God regardless of…
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Take heed – 2024.11.07
Mark 13:5-6 (KJV)5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.Continuing on from yesterdays devotion “Do not believe every spirit – 2024.11.06 https://missioncommunities.network/2024/11/06/do-not-believe-every-spirit-2024-11-06/”. There is so much in the New Testament about being careful…
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Antichrists – 2024.09.22
1 John 2:18 (KJV) Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.What is an antichrist? In 1 John 2:22 it says “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is…
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Living a godly life – 2024.08.19
2 Timothy 3:12 (KJV) Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.Once we are born again, by the Holy Spirit by having faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ, our desire becomes to live a godly life, wanting to please Jesus. GOD, by the Holy Spirit, starts the work of…
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Serve GOD no matter what – 2024.07.12
Daniel 3:16-18 (KJV)16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.18…
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Persecution is a given – 2024.05.23
Matthew 10:16-25 (KJV)16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings…
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Let us be thankful and patiently endure – 2024.05.07
Psalms 136:1-9, Revelation 14:12, Galatians 5:22-23, John 15:18-19, Ephesians 6:10-12, John 15:12, John 15:17 and 1 John 4:17-21
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