Isaiah 26:8
"In the path of your judgements, O LORD, we wait for you; Your name and rememberance are the desire of our soul."
This is the youth group verse for the summer. These next few verses are something every Christian should remember.
Matthew 10:28
"And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell."
Romans 8:38-39
"For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord."
If the rememberance of God's name is really our desire, then we should be sharing it. If we are afraid to share it, we need to remember that the only thing anyone can ever do to us is kill us; they can't take away our salvation. Philippians 1:21 says that spending eternity with Christ is far better than anything this life will ever offer. What are we really afraid of? Dying, or any other form of persecution, doesn't seem like something to be feared if we are really living for God.
Colossians 3:2
"Set your mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth." |