Father I cannot imagine...
Read a prayer request yesterday and wept.... they are quite frequent...these kidnappings and those wrongfully imprisoned ... and ongoing inhumane torture....
And I cannot even imagine the prayer request that we never receive...
Each time I read about a persecuted believer and the wickedness in man's heart, I weep. As pastors are still being kidnapped and beheaded...aren't we supposed to care? Aren't we supposed to mourn? Aren't' we suppose to pray??? Help us to pray and help us to be ready if/when our turn comes....Persecution takes many shapes and forms...but (then again) why would America?
HOW BOLD ARE WE REALLY ABOUT SHARING OUR FAITH?
We aren't a nation on fire. There's plenty of time (later) for sharing the gospel. We have the freedom to share but see no urgency in doing that...
Walking down the street minding your own business... then you are snatched off the street and put into prison, and no one knows your whereabouts. Or, you are in the grocery store and you see another believer but you dare not look at them as you are being watched to see if you are "one of them." How about sitting in your living room and the door is suddenly kicked in and there are armed guards entering without a search warrant. Demanding the know where the books are, destroying everything as they look with anger in their hearts. What about the deep rooted fears of being found out by a family member, so you hide in the closet with a flashlight and read to yourself. You are fervently hoping and praying that you're not found out. And who can consider the plight of a refugee? You're grabbing as much as you can possibly carry with two hands and then forced to flee your country on foot.... and begin walking and walking and walking and walking....all because you are hated...Hated for the God you believe in. Or do you really believe?
Can you even imagine this being your journey?
Lord if YOU do supernatural things in the underground churches....what should "we be doing" in the above ground churches...???
Please tell us, help us and prepare us is my prayer!
Eternally yours
