"Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man."

-- Luke 6:22

"For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength. Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the ( Read more... )

"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret ( Read more... )

"If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you."

-- John 15:18