Wednesday, April 7 All those desiring to live with godly devotion in association with Christ Jesus will also be persecuted.​—2 Tim. 3:12.

[Áine]

Wednesday, April 7

All those desiring to live with godly devotion in association with Christ Jesus will also be persecuted.—2 Tim. 3:12.

 

In 2018, more than 223,000 publishers of the good news lived in lands where our spiritual activities were banned or severely restricted. This is not surprising. True Christians expect to be persecuted. No matter where we live, secular authorities may suddenly and unexpectedly ban us from worshipping our loving God, Jehovah. If a government bans our worship, we might wrongly conclude that we do not have God’s blessing. But remember, persecution does not mean that Jehovah is unhappy with us. Take, for example, the apostle Paul. He certainly had God’s approval. He had the privilege of writing 14 letters of the Christian Greek Scriptures, and he was an apostle to the nations. Yet, he faced intense persecution. (2 Cor. 11:23-27) We learn from the apostle Paul’s experience that Jehovah allows his faithful servants to be persecuted. w19.07 8 ¶1, 3

[Sister Twister]

The recent broadcast experience of the brother and sister in Rwanda make you see how you can go through just terrible times but Jehovah is always there, Also makes you think that whatever we lose in this system we will be rewarded for in the kingdom.

 

 

 

 

[Vinnie]

Persecution in Nehemiah and Esther's time came because some where jealous of Jehovah's people. They were in a favoured position with those in power.  The world is and will be jealous again of what we have. We have a good and privileged relationship with the greatest power in the world.