| However, I suspect that most of my readers today are not expecting to be imprisoned or killed for carrying a Bible, witnessing for the Lord, or attending a meeting of believers. Yet there will be a reproach and a price to pay if you are faithful. “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution” (2 Timothy 3:12). It may not be physical persecution, but there will be a cost in one way or another. Perhaps the cost is being shunned or misunderstood by family or friends … etc. Remember too, when we pay a price for something, we value it more. |