Understanding Your Worth and Value
God Has a Plan for Your Life
What if They Hate Me?
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it
hated me first.”
Jesus the Christ the Son of the
Living God (John 15:18)
“I don’t like
what Stephen’s doing. It’s …an outrage!”
“Aw
come on. He’s just passing out food to some needy widows.”
“Well,
that’s not it. It’s the way he takes care of them that irks me! These
women are getting healed and all kinds of miracles are
happening. Makes us church
“Oh,
yeah. We can’t do those miracles. Looks like these Christians have a bunch of followers. So… what are we
going to do about it?”
“We’ve
got to stop this man. We‘re losing our grip with the people.”
“Maybe
we can make up a lie about him.”
“Great
idea! That’ll stir up the people. If we play our cards right, we’ll get them
into such a rage that they’ll take care of the problem themselves. ”
“You
mean like stoning him to death?”
“Yeah………………!”
And
so Stephen, God’s honorable man was arrested and stood on trial before the religious
ruling party. Lie after lie was thrown at him. Stephen’s face shone like an
angel. Looking toward
Stephen cried, “Lord, I’m yours. Take me
home.”
Stephen even prayed for his murderers.
“Father,
forgive them!”
And
Stephen fell asleep and flew to heaven on angel’s wings.
Now
you may say, “That’s not how I want to live.”
Chances
are good you’ll never be crucified or stoned. But do you really
want to live a ho-hum life? Do you really care if men think
you’re strange because you love Jesus? Many are passing into hell as you read
this. 
If you call Him Lord you are a
change agent. Get with other change agents. You are lion
You are lioness
Let your roar arise
Change your world!
Dear
Lord, I want my life to count. Your life counted and now You're with me. We can do this! Please show me!
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