Today we learn from the joyful suffering of persecution by the apostles in Acts 5:39-42.

Persecution is a glorious honor in the kingdom of heaven! And great is your reward in heaven when you are persecuted for the name of Jesus. As it is written in 1 Peter 4:14, if you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.