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9/5/2015

Persecution and You: Making the Connection
by Katey Hearth
Mission Network News

Photo Courtesy Open Doors

...What can we do about persecution?

Firstly, and most importantly, pray.

Ask the Lord to strengthen and encourage His followers who are facing persecution.
Pray that the global Body of Christ will mobilize to help their brothers and sisters in need.
Pray for wisdom for FMI leaders as they assess needs and allocate resources to the pastors and church leaders they help.

Ministries like Open Doors USA, Voice of the Martyrs USA, and VOM Canada focus exclusively on tangibly helping the world’s Persecuted Church.

But that doesn’t mean smaller ministries like FMI are excluded from the ramifications of persecution. Right now, thousands of ISIS-supporters are rallying in one of Pakistan’s provinces, ready to wage jihad for the caliphate.

Though the ISIS threat is growing, it’s not detracting indigenous pastors from their mission...

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The Martyrdom of ST Stephen, Pietro da Cortona, 1660

News and Information about
Persecuted Christians from all around the
World

Persecuted saints benefit most from your heartfelt and earnest prayer.

Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial;
for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
James 1:12

'Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the
devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so
that you will be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Revelation 2:10

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Trials make the promise sweet;
Trials give new life to prayer;
Trials bring me to His feet,
Lay me low, and keep me there.

"God often takes away our comforts and our privileges in order to make us better Christians. He trains His soldiers not in tents of ease and luxury, but by turning them out and subjecting them to forced marches and hard service. He makes them ford through streams, and swim through rivers, and climb mountains, and walk many long miles with heavy backpacks of sorrow. Well, Christian, may this not account for the troubles through which you are passing? Is the Lord bringing out your graces and making them grow? Is it for this reason He contends with you?"

Read Why Do I Face Trials?,
by Alistair Begg, Truth for Life Daily, at One Place

Christian persecution is just a phenomenon in the
Middle East.

Christians aren’t greatly
impacted by persecution.

Whatever persecution there is, the damage is superficial - more a loss of multicultural diversity than anything else.

Christians supposedly bring persecution upon themselves by proselytizing.

Persecution couldn’t
happen here.

Please read 5 Myths about Persecution of Christians, by
Kristin Wright, at Religion Today.

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