*Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted* 5 April 2024 WHEN WE ARE HURT “_Alexander, the metalworker, did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done.” 2 Timothy 4:14_ *Ponder*. In his final letter to Timothy, Paul gives a warning about a particular Alexander who has […]
Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted 4 April 2024 BAPTISM OF SUFFERING. _But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! Luke 12:50_ *Ponder*. The baptism Jesus speaks of is one of suffering, the suffering that He would endure on the cross, and until it […]
Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted 3 April 2024 FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT! _”Fight the good fight of faith.” 1 Tim 6:12_ *Ponder*. In the verse above, the word “fight” appears twice. Faith is undoubtedly the main thing that is attacked when persecution or trials occur. There is a natural tendency to […]
Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted 2 April 2024 LOSE LIFE TO FIND LIFE. _”… but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” (Matthew 16:25)_ *Ponder*. Jesus warns His disciples and us that, in the midst of persecution, temptations could come to turn us away from carrying the cross […]
Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted 1 April 2024 JESUS IN THE MIDST OF FEAR _“….when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.” John 20:19_ *Ponder*. Sometimes we may find ourselves […]
Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted 31 March 2024 PERSECUTION: A BONUS. “_Who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life?” Mark 10:30._ *Ponder*. Jesus did not call His disciples, alluring them […]
Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted 30 March 2024 GODLINESS IN CHRIST “_Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” 2 Timothy 3:12_ *Ponder*. The fallen world in which we live is opposed to all things that are ‘godly’. This scripture is indeed a warning that those who desire […]
Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted 29 March 2024 EXPECT PERSECUTION _”… If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you.…” John 15:20_ *Ponder*. Jesus was teaching His disciples to have the right perspective on persecution and, hence, prepare them for the torments that they would face after His crucifixion. Every disciple should […]
Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted 28 March 2024 BLESSED ARE THE PERSECUTED “_Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.” Matthew 5:11_ *Ponder*. In this scripture, Jesus tells us of the persecution to come and that we will be […]
Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted 27 March 2024 AMBASSADORS OF CHRIST IN CONFLICT “_Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us….” 2 Corinthians 5:20._ *Ponder*. An ambassador is a resident representative of a country in a foreign land. Paul reminds the Corinthians that we are representatives of […]
Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted 26 March 2024 OUR BEST IS GARBAGE. “…_I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ.” Philippians 3:8._ *Ponder*. Paul’s […]
Persecution Relief Daily Manna for the Persecuted 25 March 2024 MULTI-DIMENSIONAL WARFARE. “_For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places”. Ephesians 6:12_ *Ponder*. Every believer should realize that we are in […]