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!
God will show us what to do in our personal and professional lives. He will guide leaders who seek His face.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3: 4-6 (NIV).
Be warm and safe this weekend!
#faith #God #wisdom #trust
My fellow Virginian, Patrick Henry, captured my sentiments about the necessity of standing up and speaking uncomfortable truths. #FreeSpeech #thursdayvibes #CarolSwainSpeaks
Never forget the power of the Holy Spirit.
“And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him,because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.”
John 16-17 (NIV).
#Jesus #HolySpirit #thursdayvibes
