Dear friends, don't be surprised or shocked that you are going through testing that is like walking through fire. Be glad for the chance to suffer as Christ suffered. It will prepare you for even greater happiness when He makes His glorious return.
Count it a blessing when you suffer for being a Christian. This shows that God's glorious Spirit is with you. Don't be ashamed to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God that you belong to Him.God has already begun judging His own people. And if His judgment begins with us, imagine how terrible it will be for those who refuse to obey His message.
1 Peter 4:12-17
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I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches ofhis glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength.
Ephesians 1:18,19 NIV
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And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:7 KJV
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He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward using Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Ephesians 2:7-9
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We need a Saviour because we are sinners...
And the wages of sin is death.
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift:
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God
is the object of our faith; the only faith
that saves is faith in Him.
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The Lord rescues those who fear Him
God is watching over us!
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"Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of men and livestock in it. And I myself will be a wall of fire around it," declares the LORD, "and I will be its glory within. "
Zechariah 2:4,5 NIV
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As the mountains are round about Jerusalem,
so the LORD is round about his people,
from this time forth and for evermore.
Psalm 125:2
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The angel of the LORD encamps
around those who fear Him,
And rescues them.
O taste and see that the LORD is good;
How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
Psalm 34:7,8
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