A Call to Care and Pray

Living in the United States, it is so easy to relegate to the back of our minds that Christians in the past have suffered a great deal for their faith. We can also hear the evening news about suffering in Egypt and Iran and elsewhere at times, and pass it off as news, but of little relevance for us in this country. How can this casualness of suffering of fellow Christians today sink into our consciousness as it should when many churches buildings and Christians have been attacked in Egypt in the past 6 months? Very recently, Christians in Iran have been arrested for sharing in the Lord's Supper, because they used wine, how can we be indifferent?

I suggest we listen more carefully to the news and make it a matter of concerted prayer to pray for these who suffer by the hands of those who want to eradicate the Christian faith just as much as Communism tried in the last century in the USSR and other places.

We can pray that persecuted Christian can be strong and not waver.

That they will be bold and discreet in their witness for Christ.

That God will open the eyes of these who see the faith of believers and realize that Jesus is Lord.

That God will frustrate the plans and schemes and of those hostile to Christians.

That the Gospel will flourish especially in Muslim countries even if it has to be underground.

        Praying earnestly and without ceasing for our suffering Christian friends has never been more urgent. Will we be faithful and not hear news so casually- doing what we can?