Thank you, Lord, for persecution

Tomorrow at Gastonia First Wesleyan Church I will be continuing the series through the Beatitudes. We have come the longest beatitude.

Matthew 5:10-12New King James Version (NKJV)

10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
    For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

We plan to begin the time of worship with this song:

The song we sing next is





The song we plan to sing before the message:

 Here is teaser clip for the message tomorrow. I hope you will invite a friend to join you at church tomorrow.