If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.

But the Lord is with me as a dread warrior;
therefore my persecutors will stumble;
they will not overcome me.
They will be greatly shamed,
for they will not succeed.
Their eternal dishonor
will never be forgotten.
—Jeremiah 20:11

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
—Matthew 5:10-12

“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours."
John 15:18-20

Hundreds Dead As Christians, Muslims Clash In Nigeria
Added: Dec 1st, 2008 3:02 AM
JOS, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife) -- At least some 400 people have been killed and thousands forced to flee their homes in the central Nigerian city of Jos where Christians and Muslims clashed in the worst sectarian violence in Africa’s most populous nation in years. Fighting began Friday, November 28, amid a dispute over the result of a local election, witnesses said Saturday, November 29.

“Hundreds of people have been killed in the last two days since the riots started,” Christian clergyman Yakumu Pam said in published remarks. “Remains of burned bodies litter some parts of the town. It is so terrible.”

Khaled Abubakar, the imam of the central mosque in Jos, said “So far about 400 bodies have been brought to the mosque following the outbreak of violence.” He told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that “Families are coming to identify and claim the bodies, while those that can not be identified or nobody claims them will be interred by the mosque.

MANY CHRISTIANS KILLED

However it was believed there were many Christian victims not being brought to the mosque following the riots in which mobs, including Muslim militants, burned homes, churches and mosques, witnesses said Saturday, November 29.

There were fears that the total death toll could be much higher that some 400 mentioned by several officials. The city morgue wasn’t immediately accessible Saturday. Police spokesman Bala Kassim said there were “many dead,” but couldn’t cite a firm number, news reports said.

The hostilities mark the worst clashes in the restive West African nation since 2004, when as many as 700 people died in Plateau State during Christian-Muslim clashes. Jos, the capital of Plateau State, has a long history of community violence that has made it difficult to organize voting. Rioting in September 2001 killed more than 1,000 people.

The city is situated in Nigeria’s “middle belt,” where members of hundreds of ethnic groups commingle in a band of fertile and hotly contested land separating the Muslim north from the predominantly Christian south.

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I was praying a few weeks ago, and meditating when I felt my bed shake. I opened my eyes and there before me was an angel of OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. The light in my room was so bright, and I smiled and continued my prayer.

Our Lord Jesus is coming soon. The signs are there, and our gracious Lord gave us the signs so we would know that his coming is near.

Please, it only takes faith the size of a mustard seed, for your faith in Jesus to grown. TRUST IN YOUR LORD, and no one, not even Satan and his minions can do you harm. Yes, we Christians will be persecuted in God's name, but as Jesus has spoken, your reward will be great.

Our Lord is near!

Gloria