From time to time this devotional passes on prayer requests for believers in Jesus Christ.  These are men, women and children who are suffering persecution.  As believers, as followers of Christ, we need to be praying for these individuals and for their persecutors. 

  They are hurting and they are in an elite group, along with the prophets who were persecuted because of their faith in the Lord God Almighty.

  Jesus said:
(NASB) Matthew 5:11-12 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
12 ‘Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” 

VOM-USA Prayer Update for September 25, 2010

INDIA — Church Destroyed, Christians Arrested — VOM Contacts

On Sept. 5, Hindu extremists in Andhra Pradesh, India, destroyed a church building in Patagunta village, according to The Voice of the Martyrs contacts. The following day, the extremists filed charges against two pastors and three members of the church, alleging that the Christians had destroyed local temples and Hindu idols. Police arrested all five believers the same day. Pray that these five Christians will have the opportunity to share their faith, even in chains, and pray that they will be released soon. Pray that those behind this injustice will repent of their actions and come to embrace Christ as Lord and Savior.

Romans 12:14–15
(NASB) “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.”

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