“Let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name”—that is, praising God, to his face in prayer and to others in evangelism, whatever the social or physical cost. For us, this may mean some embarrassment and the mockery of friends and family. Let’s remember that for our Eritrean brothers and sisters in Christ, it may well mean being locked in a metal shipping container in the desert for weeks until we perish; or in North Korea, it may mean being laid down to have our heads crushed by a steamroller. So let’s not be quick to complain.
