Persecution Prayer Requests

PAKISTAN – Christian Attacked, Eight Believers Killed – VOM Sources On Aug. 1, a mob of angry Muslim extremists attacked Christians in Gojra district, Punjab province. The mob killed at least eight believers, including a seven-year-old child, according to The Voice of the Martyrs contacts. Dozens of homes and a church building were looted and [...]

Iranian Women Jailed for Refusing to Deny Jesus

  “In a dramatic session before the revolutionary court last Sunday in Tehran, Maryam Rustampoor (27) and Marzieh Amirizadeh (30) were told to recant their faith in Christ. Though great pressure was put on them, both women declared that they would not deny their faith. Maryam and Marzieh were originally arrested on March 5, 2009 [...]

being honest with God

Prayer of confession of self-interest: Merciful Savior, we confess our sins.  We have turned away from the living God and turned toward vain things to save us: our careers, our relationships, our own power.  You made all things and rule over all things, but we prefer to serve as our own masters-and blame You when [...]

Wife of Imprisoned Uyghur Christian Appeals for International Help

  Photo: Alimujiang Yimiti  August 5, 2009 XINJIANG – On July 28, imprisoned Uyghur Christian Alimujiang Yimiti stood trial at Kashi District Intermediate People’s Court in Xinjiang. Only the two attorneys representing Alimujiang, Li Dunyong and Liang Xiaojun, were allowed to attend the trial; his wife and mother were refused. The trial’s verdict is still [...]

Sennacherib and Hezekiah

Isaiah 36:1-7 1In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. 2 Then the king of Assyria sent his field commander with a large army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. When the commander stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper [...]