by Terry Wane Benton<\/p>\n
What if you woke up and found that you were a Christian, but now you were in China or one of the Muslim countries, where the government was now arresting you for being a Christian, or they were burning and beheading Christians? Would there be evidence that you were a Christian? Would you deny believing in Jesus? Is your faith such that you would be willing to die before you denied Jesus?<\/p>\n
Some Christians are actually in these circumstances. God help them! But God help us if we are taking our faith commitment to Jesus for granted. God help us if we could give up our faith because someone hurt our feelings or some other such silly excuse. Our faith must be worth dying for, or it holds no real value at all. God, help me to examine my heart and faith, and make them count!<\/p>\n
God give us wisdom to be deeper in faith!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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