Tag: Persecution

Read: 1 Peter 2:19-25; 3:14, 17 But if you suffer for doing good . . . , this is commendable before God. (2:20 NIV) Construction of the Tzeltal Bible School

Read: Psalm 95:1-7 You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power. (Rev. 4:11 NIV) Thomas’s parents arranged his marriage to Maria when they were

Read: Psalm 33:12-22 We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. (v. 20 NIV) It was ten o’clock at night. We were driving on

Read: Psalm 97 He guards the lives of his faithful ones. (v. 10 NIV) Every Wednesday evening we picked up our Tojolabal language helper, Francisco, and any other Tojolabal Christians

Read: Mark 5:1-13; 1 John 4:18 But perfect love drives out fear. (1 John 4:18 NIV) I was a young mother of two sons, ages one and three. My husband

Read: Jeremiah 17:7-8 But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. (v. 7 NIV) Juan had come from far away to the Tzeltal

Read: Ezra 8:21-23; James 5:14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name

Read: Mark 1:32-39 [Jesus] drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. (Matt. 8:16 NIV) Feliciana is an Amatenango Tzeltal, who lives with her brother and

Read: 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Read: Psalm 46 The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. (v. 7 NIV) King was a great pet, and a good guardian of our

Read: Revelation 12:7-13 Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and

Read: Isaiah 35 Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. (v. 10 NIV) As we approached the small group of believers near the village