Bible Verses: Philippians 1:12-30Matthew 5:10Luke 6:26Matthew 10:16-42Matthew 24:9Luke 21:12
Read MoreThe Christian will be sure to make enemies. It will be one of his objects to make none; but if to do the right, and to believe the true, should cause him to lose every earthly friend, he will count it but a small loss, since his great Friend in heaven will be yet more friendly, and reveal himself to him more graciously than ever. O ye who have taken up his cross, know ye not what your Master said? "I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother;...
Bible Verses: Matthew 10:34
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For Reading and Meditation: Philippians 1:12-30
We come now to Christ's eighth and final prescription for good spiritual and mental health: "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:10). The inevitable result of bringing our attitudes in line...