Feb. 02, 2025

STANDING STRONG DURING PERSECUTION

PHILIPPIANS 1:29

ROMANS 8:31-39

DO WE ACTUALLY SUFFER PERSECUTION IN AMERICA?

HOW CAN WE STAND STRONG UNDER DEEP ADVERSITY AND OPPOSITION?

1. BE ___ALERT______ AND ___BOLD_______

• I THESSALONIANS 3:2-4

• 2 TIMOTHY 3:12

• ROMANS 8:31-39

• BIBLE PERSECUTIONS

• I CORINTHIANS 4:11-13

• PRESENT-DAY PERSECUTIONS

2. BE __AUTHENTIC____ AND ___BRAVE____

• ALWAYS  STAND FOR GOD’S TRUTH

• I CORINTHIANS 16:13,14

• I PETER 3:15,16

• ALWAYS TRUST IN GOD’S __PURPOSES____

• ROMANS 8:28

• MATTHEW 16:25

• PHILLIPPIANS 3:20,21

3. BE __ASSURED____ AND __BLESSED__

• ___BUILD___ UP ONE __ANOTHER__

• HEBREWS 10:24,25

• SUFFERING PRODUCES _CHARACTER__ – ROMANS 5:3,4

• SUFFERING PROMOTES _COURAGE___

• ACTS 4:19,20

• PHILIPPIANS 1:20,21

• SUFFERING PROVES A _HEART__ FOR_ _GOD__

• 2 TIMOTHY 3:12

• SUFFERING PROVIDES _JOY

• ACTS 16:22-25

• MATTHEW 5:10-12