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.