Doors of Persecution

1.) How would you define persecution? Is it just people disagreeing with us or attacking us because of our faith or could persecution be on a larger scale, such as anytime you are going through something difficult that is causing your hardship with your faith and life? Why?

2.) Have you ever felt “persecuted” for your faith? What happened? How did you respond? Is it easy or difficult to go through persecution with rejoicing? How do we do that?

3.) How does the testing of our faith result in praise, honor, and glory? How does experiencing suffering, like Jesus, help the kingdom to grow? How can we as brothers and sisters in Christ, help each other as we go through hardship, so that the Kingdom will grow and our faith will become stronger?