Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Persecution's Paradox
Acts 11:19-21; Philippians 1:12-14

History reveals a stunning paradox: the church often grows strongest under pressure. Roman persecution drove Christians underground, yet their courage in the face of death inspired conversions. In China and North Korea today, government crackdowns haven't extinguished faith—they've intensified it. Paul understood this mystery, writing from prison that his chains had actually advanced the gospel. Hardship doesn't determine our trajectory; our response does. When we surrender our suffering to God's purposes rather than succumbing to self-pity, He transforms tragedy into testimony. The question isn't whether persecution will come, but whether we'll waste it. Your trial is a platform. Will you use it to showcase God's sustaining grace? Let your endurance become someone else's invitation to faith.

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