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Praying for the Persecuted
Christians shouldn’t be surprised when persecution comes. Jesus told us that we would be persecuted. (Matthew 10:16-23). Paul said in II Timothy 3:12, “Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” Jesus stated the reason for the persecution in Matthew 10:22 where He said, "You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.” Jesus also told us that the closer we get to His return lawlessness would increase causing peoples love to grow cold. (Matthew 24:11). I have no doubt we are living in those days. As a result of the lawlessness and the lovelessness persecution will intensify among the Jews, God’s chosen nation, and among the Christians.
Clearly persecution is intensifying. We are seeing an intensification of a soft form of persecution here in the United States. We are also seeing severe and horrendous forms of persecution taking place all over the world. Christians are facing unspeakable atrocities with a level of intensity like we’ve never seen before. Most of this persecution is taking place by the hand of Muslim’s, a religion that the world blindly calls peaceful.
As Christians what can we do? There are a variety of ways we can help them physically/financially. However, the greatest tool we have at our disposal is prayer. We see in Acts 4 that when the fist church underwent persecution they gathered together and prayed. Paul said in I Timothy 2:1, “First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men.” We need to pray for everyone, especially our brothers and sisters in Christ who are facing persecution. We may be limited as to what we can do physically, but through the power of prayer, God is unlimited. So, pray for God’s presence and peace, pray for God provision, pray for their strength, pray for their deliverance, and pray they can be a witness to their persecutors and to the world. Rusty Kuhn
Clearly persecution is intensifying. We are seeing an intensification of a soft form of persecution here in the United States. We are also seeing severe and horrendous forms of persecution taking place all over the world. Christians are facing unspeakable atrocities with a level of intensity like we’ve never seen before. Most of this persecution is taking place by the hand of Muslim’s, a religion that the world blindly calls peaceful.
As Christians what can we do? There are a variety of ways we can help them physically/financially. However, the greatest tool we have at our disposal is prayer. We see in Acts 4 that when the fist church underwent persecution they gathered together and prayed. Paul said in I Timothy 2:1, “First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men.” We need to pray for everyone, especially our brothers and sisters in Christ who are facing persecution. We may be limited as to what we can do physically, but through the power of prayer, God is unlimited. So, pray for God’s presence and peace, pray for God provision, pray for their strength, pray for their deliverance, and pray they can be a witness to their persecutors and to the world. Rusty Kuhn
