Have you ever considered that some persecutions you face are because you’re NOT following the will of God?
I can testify that before I came back to the Catholic Church that there were persecutions that came my way to lead me away from protestant beliefs.
The point is that not every persecution is what you might want to believe
I am always taking my Spiritual "vitals:"
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. - I John 1:5-10