“Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God.” – Philippians 1:27-28

Romans 12:20 says when we love our enemy, we “heap burning coals on his head.”  Alternatively, panic in the face of opposition is what happens when we rely on our own strength and methods.

May He be strong in us.