Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted, 31 January 2024 HIDING TO BE CLOSE “Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan.” 1Kings 17:3 Ponder The Lord God had told His prophet Elijah to declare a famine to punish the idolatrous Israel. Elijah had much […]
Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted, 30th January 2024 THROUGH CHERITH TO CARMEL “Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith.” 1Kings 17:3_ Ponder It was God’s plan that Elijah had to drink from the brook of Cherith before he could ascend to Mt. Carmel. God knew Elijah’s faith […]
Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted, 29th January 2024 A MIGHTY TURNAROUND “and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem” Acts 13:13 Ponder Just a line here tells us that the young John Mark begins his missionary journey but soon turns back discouraged. So later, Paul refuses to give him a second chance. However, […]
Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted, 27th January 2024 FROM A COWARD TO A HERO “Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member,… taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.” Mark 15:43 Ponder Sometimes God calls us to do the remarkable, and this will always involve risks. Joseph of […]
Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted, 28th January 2024 SEE THE GLORY, NOT THE PAIN “Then they all forsook Him and fled”. Mark 14:50 Ponder Every one of them deserted Jesus in terror. Even those who promised to stay left Him to face it alone. Jesus was headed for suffering, but with a difference. […]
NO TURNING BACK! “But Ruth said: “Entreat me not to leave you, or to turn back from following after you; for wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.” Ruth 1:16 Ponder. The story of Ruth is a typical reflection […]
VOICES THAT ECHO IN OUR EARS! And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” Ruth 1:15 Ponder. “Go back with her”—the enemy can whisper similar words repeatedly in your ears, especially in times of your suffering. It is during suffering, we often start thinking […]
Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted, 24 January 2024 WHEN TRUE LOVE IS TESTED! “_Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.” Ruth 1:14_ Ponder Genuine love is tested during times of intense crisis. Ruth and Orpah are two characters that reflect today’s […]
GOD, THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE! “Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth”; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously.” 1Peter 2:22-23 Ponder. Here, we read that there was no deceit in the mouth of […]
LEAP FOR JOY! “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in heaven.” Luke 6:23 Ponder. God calls ‘blessed’ the person who is persecuted for the sake of His name. The realisation of the reward for him or her enduring the suffering will make that person not only find comfort in […]
FOLLOW HIS STEPS. “For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps.” 1 Peter 2:21 Ponder. When situations are favourable and appealing, it is more common to respond well. What about responding well even while we are blamed and persecuted? It sounds hard, […]
SHOWING MERCY. “Although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.” 1 Timothy 1:13 Ponder. Paul confesses that he once was not a follower but rather a persecutor, offending the gospel of Christ and being disrespectful. God’s immense mercy was revealed when He chose Paul. Do […]