Remember

Hebrews 13:3 Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. #Bible

Remember, so very important a word for we Believers. Those of us who consider ourselves in the body of Christ, the Church.
In our world today those better informed say more Christians are being persecuted, even put to death, than any other time in history. Persecuted even by violent religions who wish to exterminate we Christians.
We need to pray regularly, if not continually for the persecuted Church of God. Asking for God's will to be done.
We are instructed here to consider as if we are with them in prison and even persecuted with them. After all we are one body of Christ, all parts of the body feel the pain of those parts who are suffering.
Remember we too are still in our physical bodies and in the future we could find ourselves suffering persecution as well.
The solution for all persecution is letting our prayers rise to our Father in Heaven in Christ's name who has all the answers. Amen.

It is God

2 Corinthians 1:21-22 And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, 22 and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. #Bible

This isn't something we do for ourselves, we can't establish ourselves in anything that would last, its just beyond our ability.
But with God, He can permanently establish us along with the Apostle Paul and his coworkers in Christ our Savior who anoints us. Giving us what we need to accomplish our ministry for Jesus the Christ.
Being anointed by Jesus is to be empowered to do the work of a Christian.
Being sealed in Jesus Christ is giving us His Holy Spirit in our hearts, so that we know God is with us, no matter what we go through, whatever we must endure.
We are guaranteed to be in Jesus Christ because the Holy Spirit resides within our very hearts, and that is forever.
That guarantee means we are with God forever, even death has no power over us, nothing in this world can separate us from our eternal everlasting establishment in Jesus the Christ.
Whatever we go through in this life we are empowered to endure.
We celebrate in the Joy of the Lord because we stand by Faith in God our Father.

The Saviour

Hebrews 2:16-18 For it is clear that he did not come to help angels. No, he came to help Abraham's descendants, 17 thereby becoming like his brothers in every way, so that he could be a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God and could atone for the people's sins. 18 Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. #Bible ISV

You've heard the saying "Don't tell me what to do until you have walked a mile in my shoes".
Well that's just the point, Jesus didn't just walk a mile, He lived a life in our skin!
Jesus lived a life just as we do, going through all the same issues and problems we face in this life. Jesus dealt with the same emotions, anger, and pain this life produces because of sin.
Satan who held the power of death, held humanity in slavery and fear of death until Jesus the Christ delivered us from that fear.
Jesus being God through His Love for is came and became one of us. He lived the life we aren't capable of living, never giving into the temptation of sin.
He lived the perfect righteous life.
Jesus as a human being could of just walked into Heaven with no accusation of sin. But Jesus took all of mankind's sin upon Himself and suffered death in our place. Freeing us to be able to enter Heaven with no accusation.
Jesus defeated satan and death when He died on the cross, and rose from the dead.
Jesus now sits at the right hand of the Throne of God Almighty where He helps us in every way possible.
Jesus is the Way to God the Father, He is the Word of God, the Truth, and He is and has given us the Life.
All we have to do is believe that Jesus is our Saviour, repent of our sins, and begin to live this Glorious life He provides, not living in fear of death any more.

The Light of True Freedom

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. #Bible

Once we were those who were blinded by darkness groping around stumbling, falling down, constantly being wounded by our sins, living to suffer the consequences of our sins, and even controlled by our sins.
Once we existed in the darkness of ignorance about our Creator God. We knew only the passions of our flesh, and its lusts.
This darkness kept us enslaved to a life of suffering, unsatisfied though we had everything, nothing gave us joy or happiness.
Then God chose us to come into His presence, into His Marvelous Light. We became Gods chosen, His royal priesthood, and Holy nation, a people for His own possession, His Family.
As God's Royal Priests we proclaim our Father's Love to the world. We share the invitation from God to the world. That Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. To all who would believe.
We proclaim Jesus is Lord, and we share His Word, the Holy Scriptures to a world stranded in the darkness of ignorance and the binding slavery of sin. We proclaim Freedom in Light, where all is visible, to all who would believe in Jesus the Christ. We live in the Joy of the Lord, happy, and wanting to please Jesus in our service to Him.
Come into the Light, believe in Jesus.