Once again today we hear of Christians being slaughtered for their faith. The TV replays their deaths over and over; we can’t get used to wholesale murder, lives snuffed out before our very eyes. We must keep the persecuted ever before us in our prayers.
Please join with Only By Prayer in praying for those in so many countries around the world who suffer at the hands of evil. Let’s lift up our prayers for the persecuted and their persecutors. If you feel so led, please add your prayer in the comment section below and share this post so we can keep their plight fresh in our minds and hearts.
Pray on!
Dear Jesus,
We pray for courage for those suffering for their faith. May they feel you by their side. Comfort them, hide them, rescue them. Help them to be strong. May the persecutors have a Jesus revelation as Saul did on the way to Damascus. Change their hearts we pray. Amen.
The rape of Kessab
The telephones were still working
the morning after Kessab
was overrun by terrorists
marauding from the Turkish side.
The young had been rescued at night
and were in Latakia.
Many old men and women
couldn’t make it and stayed home.
Of course the rescued would call back home
to see if their loved ones would answer.
But alas! it was the terrorists
who answered all the calls made.
They said they were resting and
and enjoying the food left behind.
When asked to pass the telephones
to their loved ones, their answers were
invariably : Allahu Akbar !!!
i.e. we have killed them in his name.
Boghos L. Artinian
Terrible. We remember and pray with you. Do you live or have family there?