Living in a hostile world with unbelievers.
Can be very exhausting, daunting, and excruciating, but with God on our side, we will have peace, comfort, hope, joy, love, and laughter because He has overcome the world. I love You, King Jesus!
No matter where we are in the world, in grocery/clothes stores, restaurants/fast food places, our jobs or whether that’s so-called friends and family members we know, there will always be unbelievers around us with their demons who do their best to attack us through those people. Sometimes it’s hard because we have that human instinct to lash back, but with Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit dwelling in true believers, we have that discernment to hold back our words because our tongue can be the most dangerous tool to really hurt people, to cause them anxiety, and to destroy their confidence. Our tongues with the right words can help people brighten up their days with a smile, and to show them so much kindness because they may not get kindness in their homes, with other family members, or with their friends. People remember the kindest things that happened in their lives, but they will also remember the bad things that have happened, they never go away. God takes abusive and toxic people out of our lives for that very reason, so we don’t have to deal with them anymore.
“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” - Matthew 12:33-37.
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. - Ephesians 4:29-32.
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. - Proverbs 15:1.
We will not be able to change what the unbelievers do to us, but Jesus told us that we would go through tribulations in this hostile world. If we get mocked, laughed at, insulted or persecuted, it’s always a blessing and we will always love them, we will always pray for them, and we will always feel sad for them because we want them to feel so much joy, hope, love, peace, strength, courage, comfort and many, many days filled with smiles and laughter from God’s Holy Spirit dwelling inside of us. Jesus said in John 15:20 that “a servant is not greater than his master, if they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also”. Don’t worry my brothers and sisters, we find hope, joy, peace, strength, courage and comfort from our Lord Jesus Christ. He will always be with us through or struggles, pain, anxiety, sadness and persecutions never leaving us nor forsaking us, and for that King Jesus, I love You very, very much for always helping Your sheep through everything, Lord. We need You daily in this hostile world and we couldn’t do anything without You, Lord. I pray that people will repent of their sins, confess with their mouth that Jesus is Lord, believe in their heart that God has raised Jesus from the dead, surrender their lives to God, and follow God’s 10 commandments to find eternal life before it’s too late. Tomorrow is not promised for anyone. God Bless everyone!
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. - John 3:16.
These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” - John 16:33.
And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. - 2 Corinthians 12:9-10.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. - John 10:10-11.
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