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HEARTLIGHT DAILY VERSE
(formerly Today's Verse)
by Phil Ware
September 19, 2004
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and
falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven,
for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were
before you.
--Matthew 5:11-12
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
For most who can read this Internet message, the sentiments
of this verse seem foreign. But among those who closely study
persecution, believers in Christ are enduring perhaps the
greatest amount of persecution in the history of Christianity.
For those of us who live in cozy places where belief is
tolerated and Christians are just considered "unhip" or a bit
out of touch, we need to be thankful that our lives make enough
of a distinction from our culture to be noticed, even if it's a
bit unfavorably. But at the same time, we need to pray for
other believers throughout the world who are undergoing the
wrath of hell for the faith.
MY PRAYER...
Great Deliverer, we have many who call on your name with
faith in Jesus who face persecution and hardship every day. I
pray that they will not lose heart and give up their
confidence. I pray that you will bring deliverance from this
time of persecution. I pray that their sufferings will be the
source of powerful witness so others will come to see the great
value of Jesus and our allegiance to him. This I pray in his
precious and holy name. Amen.
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