Today is a national day of prayer for the persecuted church. Please pray!
Hebrews 13:1 & 3 "Let brotherly love continue... Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body."
Did you know that 100 million Christians have been martyred for their faith in the 20th century? We are so sheltered and priviledged in our country. A friend of mine took a trip to Afghanistan a couple of months ago to meet with our brothers and sisters in that country. He was told that there are about 30,000 (or was it 3,000) Christians in a country of 23 million. And the Christians that are there all meet in home churches, with pastor that travel around from house church to house church.
He shared this story of a man he met there - This man got burdened to go to the local mosque and walked around the mosque just praying and praying. After a couple day of doing this a man approached and struck up a conversation. Christ and Christianity came up in the conversation and after a long conversation, this other man received Christ!!
This in a country where it is death to proclaim that you are a Christian.