Tag: Persecution
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GNB 4.170
July 29, 2025 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “‘I, the Lord, do not change. So, you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from My decrees and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,’ says the Lord Almighty.” (Malachi 3.6-7) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S…
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GNB 2.228
10/2/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you; falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice! Be glad because great is your reward in heaven. It is in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” (Matthew 5.11-12) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: For…
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GNB 2.227
10/1/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you; falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice! Be glad because great is your reward in heaven. It is in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” (Matthew 5.11-12) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Before…
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GNB 2.226
9/29/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5.10) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: When I began this series of reflections on The Beatitudes, I suggested that their true focus was not visible in descriptors of blessing as the world understands it…
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GNB 143
November 1, 2022 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. Then he said to the tree, ‘May no one ever eat fruit from you again.’ And…
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GNB 125
October 11, 2022 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “But, in fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted [and you know how I have endured such persecutions]. Meanwhile, those who are evildoers and faith in Christ imposters will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. As for you,…
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GNB 98
September 9, 2022 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer yourselves as a living sacrifice that is holy and pleasing to God for this is your true and proper worship [or your proper service to God.] Do not, therefore, conform to the pattern [of thinking]…