Persecution

Peace Amidst Trouble – Thomas Watson

Peace Amidst Trouble – Thomas Watson

If God be our God, He will give us peace in trouble. When there is storm without, He will make peace within. The world can create trouble in peace, but God can create peace in trouble.

– Thomas Watson –

Hold on and persevere – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Hold on and persevere – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The messengers of Jesus will be hated to the end of time. They will be blamed for all the division which rend cities and homes. Jesus and his disciples will be condemned on all sides for undermining family life, and for leading the nation astray; they will be called crazy fanatics and disturbers of the peace. The disciples will be sorely tempted to desert their Lord. But the end is also near, and they must hold on and persevere until it comes. Only he will be blessed who remains loyal to Jesus and his word until the end.

– Dietrich Bonhoeffer –

Affliction quickens prayer – Thomas Watson

Affliction quickens prayer – Thomas Watson

Affliction quickens the spirit of prayer. Jonah was asleep in the ship—but at prayer in the whale’s belly! Perhaps in a time of health and prosperity we pray in a cold and formal manner—we put no coals to the incense; we scarcely minded our own prayers, and how should God mind them?Then God sends some cross or other affliction to make us take hold of Him. Now their prayers pierced the heavens! In times of trouble, we pray earnestly and fervently.

– Thomas Watson – 

Entering the Kingdom through tribulation – Dr. JH Jewett

Entering the Kingdom through tribulation – Dr. JH Jewett

We are not “born again” into soft and protected nurseries, but in the open country where we suck strength from the very terror of the tempest. We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

– Dr. JH Jewett –