35 Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, refusing to accept release, in order to obtain a better resurrection. 36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned to death, they were sawn in two, they were killed by the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, persecuted, tormented— 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
Prayer Focus: Where is the joy in this? Torture, suffering, sawn in two, destitute, persecuted, tormented? This is not the Christian life they put on the glossy brochures! And yet, I suspect it is real life for so many. The particular challenges might be unique to the individual and just because one is a Christian does not mean that the challenges all fade away. Pray for the faith to face whatever challenge is before you today. Pray for the faith to see Christ’s presence with you in the midst of it. Pray that as you see Christ with you, you might know joy.
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