Acts 5:40 (NKJV) 40 And they agreed with him, and when they had called for the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus and let them go. The apostles were beaten for speaking the name of Jesus. Jesus does not guarantee perpetual happiness if we agree … Read more
John 15:18-19 (NKJV) 18 “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Men and … Read more
John 15:18-19 (NKJV) 18 “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. It should … Read more
Psalm 31:15 (NKJV) 15 My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me. Do we feel like we have been persecuted by people that can’t stand us, even though we never did a thing to them? Yet, they have an agenda to make us miserable. They … Read more
1 Peter 2:20 (NKJV) 20 For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. Have we ever had to experience suffering for something we did not deserve? We knew it … Read more