I was convicted this past week in my Women's Bible study. Day 2 of our Esther study asked, "Are you educated about your brothers and sisters around the world who are being persecuted for their faith?" My answer? "Not really." Yikes!
To finish the day's study, Erin Davis gives encouragement to take time now (my emphasis) to pray for Christian brothers and sisters facing persecution around the globe. She gives The Voice of the Martyrs website as a resource to find information about front line workers around the world and prayers requests for different countries. There is also a prayer wall to post prayers for different front line workers. I pulled up the website yesterday and began praying for some front line workers and their local governments. I have also ordered the one year global prayer guide so I can pray for persecuted Christians around the world for this next year.
The other question was from Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth on Revive Our Hearts as October is Pastor Appreciation Month. What am I doing to support and encourage my pastor and his family? Right now, I am sorry to say, not a whole lot. I began to counsel and challenge my own heart to committ to praying for my pastors who in leadership in my church; both here in Neuenburg and my US church in Colorado. I have a 3 x 5 card for my supporting churches and have updated and added to these over the years. This past week, I also created one for the church, here and placed some prayer requests that came through via email.
By God's grace, my grandpa Ramse was a prayer warrier. By God's grace, so was my dad. By God's grace, my heart's desire is to be a prayer warrier.
I am attaching the link to the Revive Our Hearts podcast I listened to this past week, They need your prayers. I hope it will encourage you to also pray for your pastors and families as a starting point. I have also attached The Voice of the Maryrs website.
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