| "Blessed are those who are persecuted for
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| | In fact, the Apostle Luke says you should
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| righteousness' sake, for theirs is the
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| | "leap for joy" when people hate and
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| kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:10)."When I
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| | exclude you because of your relationship
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| had the flu, I gave my sister my
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| | with the Lord Jesus. Leap for joy? Yes,
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| Popsicle," says Halle, age 9. "I got a
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| | because "your reward is great in heaven"
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| spanking." Ouch! Halle, I'm sorry your
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| | (Luke 6:23).Only those who are believers
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| sharing got you into trouble. Let's hear
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| | can rejoice in the midst of persecution.
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| from Adrianna, 8: "It means when people
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| | They can do this because believers filled
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| ignore somebody when they're doing the
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| | with God's life can love and forgive
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| right thing and don't play with them, God
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| | those who hate them. Since Jesus rose
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| blesses those people because they're
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| | from the dead and went back to heaven,
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| doing the right thing.""Once I was
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| | the Holy Spirit has been given to live
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| opening the door for people, and some
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| | inside every believer. The power of God's
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| teenagers were saying that I didn't need
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| | love transforms believers'
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| to do that," recalls Carson, 9. Three
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| | hearts.Compassion replaces brutality.
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| cheers for you, Carson. If you want to
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| | Greed gives way to generosity.
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| join the bandwagon, conform to peer
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| | Understanding prevails over prejudice.
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| pressure and make decisions based on
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| | Hope drives out despair.Hunter, 10, tells
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| popularity polls. But if you want to do
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| | the story of Jim Elliot, a missionary
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| what's right, expect resistance because
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| | martyr who died in the jungles of
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| you'll have to go against the
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| | Ecuador. "When his wife heard about it,
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| crowd.Salmon is my favorite food for
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| | she cried for a long time. A few years
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| three reasons: One, it tastes great; two,
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| | later, she made a Bible in the language
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| it's full of brain food called marine
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| | that the natives spoke in that
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| lipids; and three, I like the idea of
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| | country."God's love came to this remote
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| eating a fish that swims against the
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| | tribe through Elisabeth Elliot, the wife
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| current.Being mocked, ridiculed or
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| | of the man whom they murdered. Only God's
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| socially ostracized for doing what's
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| | power working in a person could make that
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| right is swimming upstream. This isn't
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| | person love those who murdered her
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| nonconformity just to be different. It's
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| | husband.Point to ponder: God rewards
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| desiring, thinking and acting differently
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| | those who suffer for doing the right
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| because you're living in a relationship
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| | thing.Scripture to remember: "Blessed are
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| with a righteous God.Tertullian, a
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| | those who are persecuted for
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| Christian leader who lived about 150
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| | righteousness' sake, for theirs is the
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| years after Jesus, wrote: "We
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| | kingdom of heaven" (Matthew
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| (Christians) have a reputation of living
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| | 5:10).Question to consider: When you
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| aloof from crowds."Social life is not all
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| | suffer for doing what's right, can you
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| Christians lost in the early days of the
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| | rejoice that God knows and will bless
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| church, says Langdon, 11: "A man named
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| | you?Carey Kinsolving is a syndicated
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| Jesus Christ. Many times, he and his
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| | free the adventures of an 11-year-old
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| friends got put into jail, but they
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| | girl traveling around the world, visiting
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| escaped a lot."God likes paradoxes. He
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