Don't Be Intimidated!
"What persecutions I endured."
2 Timothy 3: 11
As shocking as it seems, a private Christian school in
Tampa, Florida, was forbidden from offering an opening
prayer during a high school football game last fall, even
when playing against other Christian schools in its own
stadium.
Thanks to a group of Christian attorneys, an appeals court
reversed that decision. The blatant anti-Christian attacks by
our secular society has intimidated many Christians in this
western world, but God is on our side in this battle for truth!
According to the Bible, every godless culture will view
Christians as hostile; and according to Church history,
every generation of believers has faced opposition.
The Bible says, “Yes, and all who desire to live godly in
Christ Jesus will suffer persecution” (2 Timothy 3:12). But
Paul also told Timothy to persevere and lean on the “Holy
Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation
through faith which is in Christ Jesus” (verse 15).
God is at work in our lives, even when we’re pressured
or persecuted for our faith. Don’t be intimidated by the
world. Be motivated by the Word!
"Religion in the public square is
becoming an endangered species."
Mathew Stave
