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Sep 11 • 8 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
#GeraldsDevotional
Lies, Power and Persecution – Signs of the Times
In our society today, more and more lies are everywhere. There are unending attempts to take power from you and me by silencing us if we don’t submit our will and beliefs to those of others who have views that differ from ours. Tolerance has been abandoned in a world where if you
don’t believe what I believe and say what I say (Listen to me!!), then you must be eliminated at all cost. This is very real today all around us. We see it being played out with increasing intensity. It is very much a spiritual battle between good and evil where the enemy demands
that we worship him or be killed (eliminated). Remember Revelation and the taking of the mark. This is real persecution and it inundates us at every level today (reader take note).

But the good news is that the bible clearly told us that these days were coming. In His Sermon on
the Mount, Jesus told us that we would be persecuted for His Name’s sake (for standing up for Him or living to represent Him). The enemy and the world can not stand this and will not be able to tolerate it. But again, the LORD says that when this happens, it will be TRULY good
news for those who endure this persecution and hold fast to the end. Trust in and wait on Him and the LORD promises us that in the end, it will have been truly worth it.

10 God blesses those who are persecuted for doing right, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

11 “God
blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. 12 Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted in the
same way. - Matthew 5:10-11
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This is the word that the LORD placed on my heart as He gently woke me this morning. It is a theme based on a play on words. You see, it is a word that could be called the “Beginning of the End” or it could be called “The End of the Beginning.” It is also a word about then (the
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This morning the LORD woke me up with yet another song. This one from the sons of Korah who were relatives of Moses and were worshipers of song during the exodus. The sons of Korah have an interesting perspective when singing this song because of the experiences of their father
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A Stake in the Ground – The Tale of Two Cities
Today’s devotional is based on a song or a poem given by Isaiah to the king and people of Jerusalem before they were taken into exile by Babylon. It is the first and predominant part of this poem (the last 12 verses are in the next chapter).

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