{"id":913,"date":"2018-04-29T10:45:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T15:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=913"},"modified":"2018-05-24T12:47:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T17:47:33","slug":"untimidated-by-persecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=913","title":{"rendered":"Untimidated by Persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acts 5:12-42<\/p>\n<p><b>Persecution<\/b>: hostility and ill-treatment especially because of race or political\/religious beliefs.<\/p>\n<p><b>How to handle persecution:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>John 15:18-20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 Peter 4:12<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Acts 5:41\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 Peter 4:13-14 Matthew 5:10-12a<\/p>\n<p>We can rejoice in persecution because\u2026<\/p>\n<p>we are counted worthy of it<\/p>\n<p>it proves our faith is genuine<\/p>\n<p>we can relate to Jesus better<\/p>\n<p>it helps strengthen our faith<\/p>\n<p>we have a great reward<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Acts 5:42 Acts 14:22<\/p>\n<p>Questions:\u00a0 Is there any specific opposition\/persecution you are facing in life?<\/p>\n<p>If not, what may be holding you back or intimidating you from sharing or living out your faith?<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-913-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4-29-18.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4-29-18.mp3\">http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4-29-18.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acts 5:12-42 Persecution: hostility and ill-treatment especially because of race or political\/religious beliefs. How to handle persecution: _________________________________________________________ John 15:18-20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 Peter 4:12 _________________________________________________________ Acts 5:41\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 Peter 4:13-14 Matthew 5:10-12a We can rejoice in persecution because\u2026 we are counted worthy of it it proves our faith is genuine we can relate to Jesus &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/?p=913\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Untimidated by Persecution<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-untimidated","post_format-post-format-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=913"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":927,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions\/927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/media.porticocommunity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}