Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. – Revelation 2.10
Mary and I often pray for
the persecuted church. I find myself having a hard time doing that. I try to
pray for them but I can’t even really imagine what they are through enough to
really pray for them.
When I think of what they
are going through... It is hard to explain. My brothers and sisters are
starving, living in abject poverty, in jail, being tortured, sleeping in
shipping containers, losing their children, being torn from their families, and
so much more.
And they find the strength
to stay faithful.
But what about me? What
would it take to shake my faithfulness?
The Smyrnans set a pattern
for us all. We have brothers and sisters in Christ setting the same pattern for
us today.
What are we going to do when things go against us?
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