The Fire of Persecution
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This week our Missions Coordinator, Kenzie MacKillop, shared a message from a familiar passage found in Daniel 6, Daniel and the lion's den. Daniel was not shaken by the threat of the lion's den because his faith had been built over a lifetime of watching God prove Himself faithful. When an edict made prayer illegal, he did not panic or hide. He went home, opened his windows, and gave thanks, just as he always had. That kind of steadiness does not appear in a crisis. It is formed in the ordinary, daily rhythms of prayer, community, and service long before the pressure arrives. Persecution is not a sign that something has gone wrong. Scripture frames it as part of the calling for anyone who carries the name of Christ into a world that rejected Him. The foundation beneath all of it is the resurrection. The world can take much from us, but it cannot take what has already been given back through Jesus rising from the dead.
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