Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance & faith in all the persecutions & trials you are enduring. (2Thessalonians 1:4). The key to surviving persecution & trials are perseverance & faith. If we are living right with God, when we are faced with crushing troubles, deadly perils, etc, we can have faith that God is using our trials for our good & for His glory. Knowing that God is just, fair, etc, will give us patience in our suffering because we know that He has not forgotten us. In God's perfect timing, He will relieve our suffering & punish those who persecute us. Can you trust God's timing? As for me, I do. I have gone through a lot of suffering, persecution, rejection, meeting deadly perils, etc, for being a true Christian & for the dream that God gave me in 1988. I have been waiting for fulfilment of the dream in the attitude of faith, true worship, & obedience. Father i give You praise & all the glory. These three are key if we are going to be fruitful Christians & walk humbly with the Lord. Thank you Jesus. Good morning Holy Spirit. Prayer: Father, I pray for all Christians who are going through trials & tests. I believe that Your Word delivers. I pray that if it is your will to deliver them FROM the situation, go ahead & do so. We give you praise, glory & thanks. If it is your will to deliver them THROUGH the situation, I pray that you give them the strength, grace, etc, to go through the situation to Your glory. We also give you the praise, glory & thanks. Your will is only what I seek to do always in my life, family, & ministry. Thank you for hearing & answering my prayer. Send your angels to help minister to their needs. In Jesus mighty name we pray, believe, & give you thanks, Amen. God bless you all.
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds & write them on their hearts. I will be their God, & they will be My people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying: Know the Lord, because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:10-11). If our hearts are not changed, following God's rules will be unpleasant & difficult. We will rebel against being told how to live the Christian way. The Holy Spirit, however, gives us new desires, helping us wanting to obey God. With new hearts, hearts of flesh & not hearts of stone, we will find that serving God is our greatest joy. Under God's new covenant, God's law is inside us & not outside, ie, on a tablet of stone. No, it's written in our hearts. It is no longer an external set of rules & principles. The Holy Spirit reminds us of Christ's words, activates our ...
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