If our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God. 1 John 3:21 Antoninus (4th century) Spurned Financial Gain Antoninus was a stonemason in Anbazus, Syria, in the fourth century and, despite the fact that the pagan practice of...
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To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne. Revelation 3:21 Nazr Ullah Khan (1908) “Would not deny Christ” Nazr Ullah Khan of Chaman...
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For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face. I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother’s children. Psalm 69:7-8 Fatima al-Mutairi (2008) “We for the sake of Christ all things bear” Fatima, a 26-year-old Saudi...
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If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Romans 14:8 Akram Kattan (2005) The Dead of Night Akram and his family went to bed on the night of the 18 August 2005 unaware...
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Fight the battle well, holding on to faith and a good conscience. 1 Timothy 1:18b-19 Jonathan Daniels (1965) Took a Bullet Jonathan joined the US civil rights movement in March 1965 when Martin Luther King called for volunteers to go to Selma...
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Am I now seeking human approval, or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ. Galatians 1:10 (NRSV) Robert Jermain Thomas (1866) Brave Bible Distributor Welshman Robert...
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Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12 Lizzie Atwater, Annie Eldred and the Lundgrens (1900) No Escape “I am preparing for the end very quietly and calmly. The Lord is wonderfully near, and He will not fail...
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They will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name. And so you will bear testimony to me. Luke 21:12-13 Rasalama...
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Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?… I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting… Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me. Acts...
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He humbled you by letting you hunger, then by feeding you with manna, with which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted, in order to make you understand that one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of...
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