Pray for Persecuted Christians in 2013

Please pray for our brothers and sisters who suffer for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

This is a list (below) of the top 50 countries as of 2013 that persecute our Christian brethren, and comes from a You Tube video from Mark (ProclaimHisWord) - see Mark's video embedded at the bottom of this post....

Please leave a comment if you will join with us in praying for your persecuted brothers & sisters in these countries, and for those who are doing the persecuting, that they may come to Jesus Christ.

2013Top 50 Countries Persecuting Christians

May the power of Almighty God and the love of Jesus Christ be magnified in the lives of these suffering believers who live out their faith through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit.
 

Hebrews 13:3 
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

Ephesians 6:18
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

1 Peter 4:12-16 
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

2 Timothy 3:12 
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Romans 8:35-39
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Thanks for the video, Mark!

For Nash

This is a screen shot from Google Maps of the Hess Gas Station on Walsingham, in Largo, Florida, about a mile from the hotel we stayed at during our trip down there for Emily's wedding. On Monday, April 15th, around 8 PM, I was filling up our rental car when a 40-something year old man approached me, asking for money. From my work on the streets, I've been approached countless times for money, but my general rule is that I rarely just give money away. Instead, I offer to buy them a meal or some food. That is what I offered to this man, whose name is Nash.

 

 

Nash was from out of town, from New York I think, visiting a friend, and hoping to get work as a truck driver. It takes a lot of discernment when dealing with people on the street, and I don't claim to have much more insight than anyone else. But I do want to bless others as a Christian man, and I want to share the truth of Jesus Christ with as many people as I can; I did both with Nash on this night. I loaded him up with what that this gas station could offer: a couple of hot dogs, a large bag of chips, some breakfast rolls for the next day, and I can't remember what else. And as Nash was getting his food, I gave him the bread of life, the straightforward gospel of Jesus Christ, the promised Savior, who alone can deliver from sin, death, and Hell, and who offers eternal life as a gift to all who will repent and trust in Him. And with his food he also got a "One Second After You Die" gospel booklet to take along.

 

Brothers. all we have is a gift from God, and we have to let it go to bless this dying world around us. I cannot give to every guy sitting on the off-ramp with a cardboard sign, but there are times that I can, and this encounter with Nash was a divine appointment. Please pray for his eternal soul, and let's pray for each other, that we would be channels of God's love and care, to faithfully declare the Risen, Living Savior, and to be rich in good works to those around us.

 

Thank you, Father: you have blessed me with eternal blessings. What a privilege it is to show Christ's love and to declare his saving power. I hope to see Nash in Heaven some day.