Greetings 🖖
Jesus never promised his followers a bed of roses. If you expect to be loved by the world, you have wandered into the wrong religion. To the contrary, Jesus warned:
“Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. Matthew 10: 21-23 (NKJV).
“For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing a holy service for God. This is because they have never known the Father or me. Yes, I’m telling you these things now, so that when they happen, you will remember my warning. I didn’t tell you earlier because I was going to be with you for a while longer.”
John 16: 2-4 (NLT)
In other words, it’s complicated!
What does John 1:14 mean to you? It makes me smile and it fills me with joy. It gives me great peace and calm during these tumultuous times. #Hope #Peace #JesusReigns #CarolSwain
Are you working up an EXCITEMENT for the REASON for the SEASON? A lot is going on in the world, but we can re-focus during Advent and celebrate the joy that can be ours. #Christmas #holidays #adventcalender #Christians #JesusIsTheReasonForTheSeason
How have these verses impacted your life? They have comforted me during pivotal moments in my life.
“I have chosen you and have not rejected you. So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish. Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you
will be as nothing at all.”
Isaiah 41: 9 (b) - 12.
#fear #trust #God #peace
