the persecuted heart: broken and blessed (international day of prayer for the persecuted church...
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The Persecuted Heart:
Broken and Blessed
(International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church 2009)
Matt 5:10-12
Nov 8, 2009
Matt 5:10-1210Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Matt 5:10-1110Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Matt 5:10-1110Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
John 15:18-21 18"If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19"If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
20"Remember the word that I said to you, 'A slave is not greater than his master ' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also. 21"But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.
Matt 5:1010Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
John 15:22-24 22"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23"He who hates Me hates My Father also. 24"If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.
Matt 5:10-1210Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Matt 5:1010Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matt 5:1212Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
2 John 1:8 8Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward.
Hebrews 11:6 6And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
Matt 5:1212Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Hebrews 12:1-2 1Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.