Oct 20 2026 … Attacking The Church

Oct 20 2026 …  Attacking The Church 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …       and PLEASE take the time to listen to Matt Boswell singing … A Mighty Fortress Is Our God … calling on all Christians to do battle against those who come against God’ church.

The Welsh stained glass window by John Petts

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Highlight Passage : … Acts 9:4  [NLT]

…   4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting Me?” 

… Jesus brings down Saul for his persecution of The Church.      

Reference Passage: …  Acts 9:1-6, 17-20  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

…  Saul of Tarsus was felled by Jesus on the road to Damascus and ultimately transformed by his faith in Christ to become the Apostle Paul, . a strong defender of The Church. 

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Reference Passage: …  Matthew 5:11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Jesus blesses those who are attacked four their (our) faith.

Reference Passage: …  Acts 8:1-3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Before he became the Apostle Paul, he was Saul of Tarsus, attacking and even having  Christians imprisoned and killed.  

Reference Passage: …  Romans 8:35-39 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  The Apostle Paul became a believer that NOTHING could separate born-again Christians from God’s love and grace.

Reference Passage: 1Corinthians 3:17  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Paul teaches all Christians that they (we) are God’s holy temple, which is to be defended against all attacks.

Reference Passage:  1Peter 4:12-14[NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Peter teaches persecuted Christians that their suffering is for God’s glory.

Reference Passage: …  Revelation  2:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle John learns and teaches of the reward of God’s crown for those who suffer in God’s Name.  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Sheridan Voysey …  USE THIS LINK   told of a Welsh artist, John Petts, who learned of four Christians being killed in 1963 in a church shooting in Birmingham, Alabama.   And Petts, along with his fellow Welsh citizens, raise the funds to support Petts creating a stained glass window (see photo), depicting Christ on the cross holding off attackers with His right hand and inviting all who believe in Him, with his open left hand; … and the saying at the bottom of the window … “You do it to me.”  

Today’s ODB entry, the linked song, and the Scriptures shared above certainly reminded me that any attack on God’s church is an attack on Jesus Himself.  So, what will we be doing today to do battle with those who would attack The Church; and what are we doing in our lives to invite others into the body of Christ?   Personally I can do more of both.  How about you?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You for taking me, a former attacker, into Your Body and using me for Your glory.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for opening Your arms on the cross to defend Your body and invite all who love You to come and follow You to glory.  …  Amen

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