Persecuted for the Lord?!

[Ani Tefillah]

Shalom! 

First I will urge you to remember, all those who are being heavily PERSECUTED for the Lord's sake right now ; sits in prison/jail, are beaten and tortured and even killed! 

I've learned that if I wanna live a Godly life in the LORD, I shall be PERSECUTED, and I have been there for nearly 20 years now, experienced persecution in Norway 🇳🇴 in different ways. 

I really don't mind when the unsaved are mocking me etc, I can only laugh 😂 at it, but when those who claim to be Christians do the same thing, it grieves 😔 me, for their sake, as it tells me that they are not interested in living a Godly life in the LORD, because they don't wanna be persecuted (?).

In countries where they are used to be persecuted for the Lord's sake, and actually know that it will happen sooner or later, they teach and preach it from the "pulpit", but that is not the case for the "western union", I believe, where the "prosperity teaching" has overtaken the true Gospel of the Lord. 

So, my question is, have you been, or are you persecuted for the Lord's sake? And/or are you willing to be persecuted for the Lord's sake if so be? 

If you are being PERSECUTED for the Lord's sake right now, please know that we are many whom are praying for you in a regular basis, and you are not alone! Please endure to the end, and draw even closer to Him. Forgive, bless and love those who persecute you, and pray for them. May the Lord's peace and grace be with you, always! 

 

[Starise]

I am concerned for my brothers and sisters being persecuted. I sometimes feel guilty that I haven't really ever been seriously persecuted, at least not yet. I suspect it's coming here eventually.

My persecution has only ever been isolation from those who didn't like me. In this they actually did me a big favor because frankly I didn't want to hang out with them either unless the Lord calls me to them. In the few times I have been in close proximity to unbelievers who were adamantly anti-christian it was more of a shunned feeling I got from them. They don't go out of their way to be around me, they don't want to engage in conversations with me and they hate everything I stand for.

I never seen any of that as persecution. At least not as compared to those in prison or who have taken great losses for their faith in other ways. I am willing to take losses if this is what the Lord ordains for me. I guess you could say I have been very fortunate so far to be able to freely practice my beliefs. If people don't like it, I am not concerned. I don't live for them.

I can't see the benefits of my freedom without acknowledging all of those who fought so hard in battle for our freedoms here. Many in their 20's or younger never returned from the battle field. Others permanently damaged as a result of  war. Just as Jesus paid a price for us to be free from sin, similarly these men gave their lives for my freedoms and I am forever indebted to them and will never stop appreciating that gift.

Unfortunately in our country the communists and socialists are gaining a foothold on this once great nation directly through our leadership. The result will surely end up in us loosing these freedoms unless there is a swift miracle which I am not optimistic will happen. We have gone too far away as a people and have not repented or even acknowledged our sins. Instead we have bought into the same lies every civilization has bought into right up until their demise. We believed empty promises. We looked at prosperity lies over principle. We didn't want to follow the right ways as a nation. I hate to see us go down in flames but that is exactly what's happening. We are going down into the flames of unrepented sin, the flames of denying the Almighty God who gave us all that we have.

When evil men are in power no good will ever come of it for the people. When this happens persecution of believers will ensue until the Lord steps in to make things right. The enemy is relentless. For him to win all we have to do is stop fighting and unfortunately we have. Instead choosing to sit in front of our TVs while the world goes to hell in a hand basket.

May God help us all.

[Marathoner]

On 4/28/2022 at 2:19 PM, MonicaWife said:

So, my question is, have you been, or are you persecuted for the Lord's sake? 

Yes.

On 4/28/2022 at 2:19 PM, MonicaWife said:

And/or are you willing to be persecuted for the Lord's sake if so be? 

Whatever befalls us is according to the will and purpose of God. So, to answer your question, of course.