Daily Thoughts - Stand Firm
"Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:10
John the Baptist stood before Herod and proclaimed the truth of God. "John had said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."" Mark 6:18. He was beheaded for it as he stood firm against the ways of the world.
We live at a time that we are witnessing persecution for one's beliefs but it is not our beliefs that are true but the word of God. How many believe in activism and are proclaiming the ways of the world. "How I love your law, Lord! I study it all day long." Psalms 119:97. As you write His law upon your heart He will transform you much like He did with the first disciples. They each were persecuted for standing for righteousness.
"So stand fast with your loins girded in truth, clothed with righteousness as a breastplate,"Ephesians 6:14
Dear Father, watch over us this day, write Your law upon our hearts that we may proclaim the good news of Your word in action. Prayers for those standing against the ways of the world and are being persecuted. Prayers for those caught up in the lies of the world. Help us become Your living word, Amen.
Mary, Queen of Peace, Pray for us.
Saint Joesph, pray for us.
Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.
Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4b
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