Pastor’s Pen

Beloved, it was G. Campbell Morgan who said, “The church persecuted has always been the church pure; and, therefore, the church powerful. The church patronized has always been the church in peril, and very often, the church paralyzed.”
As a Christian we should not be surprised that we may be persecuted. Persecution has always brought growth to the Church and to the individual. Concerning persecution I love the promise given to us found in Romans 8:35-39, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Beloved, even in the midst of a riot we can trust that God is in control and that He will guide and protect. God is sovereign to protect His church against the opposition of Satan