2TIMOTHY 1:7, " FOR GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR AND TIMIDITY, BUT OF POWER, LOVE, AND SELF DISCIPLINE." THOUGH HER CAPTORS OFFERED HER FREEDOM BY DENYING HER FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS, SHE STOOD HER GROUND. FAITH IS NEEDED IN THE JOURNEY OF FAITH NOT FEAR.
2TIMOTHY 3:12 "YES , AND EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO LIVE A GODLY LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS WILL SUFFER PERSECUTION." PERSECUTION IS A MUST FOR US ALL IN OUR CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGE. OUR OWN MIGHT NOT BE FROM PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITH,BUT IT MIGHT TAKE DIFFERENT FORM....BE PREPARED!!!
1KINGS 18:22:" THEN ELIJAH SAID TO THEM,"I AM THE ONLY PROPHET OF THE LORD WHO IS LEFT, BUT BAAL HAS 450 PROPHETS.
1KINGS 19.18 "YET I WILL PRESERVE 7000 OTHERS IN ISRAEL WHO HAVE NEVER BOWED DOWN TO BAAL OR KISSED HIM". DON'T EVER THINK YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE DOING THE RIGHT THING. IF NOT FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO LEAH sHARIBU, NOBODY WILL EVER IMAGINE THAT A GIRL OF HER AGE WILL WANT TO STAND FOR GOD IN A LITTLE VILLAGE CALLED DAPCHI IN YOBE STATE.
ACTS 23:11 "THAT NIGHT THE LORD APPEARED TO PAUL AND SAID, "BE ENCOURAGED, PAUL. JUST AS YOU HAVE BEEN A WITNESS TO ME HERE IN JERUSALEM, YOU MUST PREACH THE GOOD NEWS IN ROME AS WELL". IN EVERY THING WE PASS THROUGH, GOD IS WITH US (ROMANS 8:28" AND WE KNOW THAT GOD CAUSES EVERYTHING TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE GOD AND ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE FOR THEM". WHAT YOU ARE PASSING THROUGH IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE YOUR GOD, DON'T BE DISCOURAGED, GOD IS WITH YOU. SHE'S NOT BOUND BUT FREE.

NOW IT'S OUR TURN TO STAND FOR CHRIST IN OUR HOME, WORKPLACE, CHURCH, SOCIETY AND EVERYWHERE WE FIND OURSELVES. STAY BLESSED AND REMAIN RAPTURABLE. SHALOM!!!