rocket

I believe that Christians every where are experiencing some level of persecution. I deal a lot with young people so my answer will come from that arena. Our young people that are still in school are facing persecution on a daily bases. They are being harassed, picked on, bullied, and worst part about this is, it's not only coming from their peers its coming from those that should be protecting them. No prayer in school, no ten commandments in school and now don't even mention the name "Jesus" in school. Not only are our children being harassed, bullied etc...they are being killed because they believe in God. This is not a surprise to me, the Word of God tells us these things will happen. But our hope is in Christ our salvation. The joy of the Lord is our strength. Our encouragement comes from knowing that one day all of this will end and we will spend eternity with our Lord. And until then we are the light in a dark world..so lets shine brightly even in the middle of persecution.

Well, no one can have a testimony without first having victory over a test, and one cannot be a witness unless they have witnessed something. Jesus did both of these things. He came to earth as a man, being tempting in every way, being persecuted in every way yet there was no sin found in Him. He did nothing that He didn't first see His Father in heaven do. He is the faithful witness that we look to for our encouragement, knowing that He now sits at the Fathers right hand. Even though most of us have not been persecuted physically or even mentally as Jesus was, we still have a measure of this we walk through everyday in facing the world, however, I believe that in the days to come persecution for the believer will intensify and without holding on tightly to the "faithful witness" Jesus Christ, we will not be able to with stand it. The testimony and witness that we have is also very important to others. Just knowing that someone else has walked through a test and now is a witness to the grace and mercy of God is a encouragement to others.

Hi everyone, I am new to this so hope I am doing this right. My name is Helen, I live in Florida. I have been married to my wonderful husband for 23 years and we have one son who just turned 19 who is also wonderful . I am so looking forward to this journey through Revelations.