On the eve of International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church:
(Or view video of Faces of Persecution here)
Lord God, hear our cry. We’re crying for courage for those who endure tears and pain for the honor of Your name.
Lord God, hear our cry. We’re crying for You to turn back the hands that harm Your people.
Lord God, hear our cry. We’re crying for the persecuted body of Christ to find strength in You to stand firm in the face of harrassment.
Lord God, hear our cry. We’re crying for all of Your people everywhere to offer the Hope of Good News found in the Grace-Cross of Christ without fear, always without fear, because greater is You who is in us, than he who is in the world.
Lord God, hear our cry. We’re crying for the release of faith-prisoners, for the penetration of Your Light-Word, for the real comfort of Your broken ones.
Lord, hear our cry. The persecuted members of Your very body cry. Today, we remember and cry with them. So You catch our tears, hear our cry, and answer before we even know what to cry.
And You cry too…
Our cry mingles with His, He who never ceases to cry these things…
In His precious name,
Amen
Related:
~Going into all the World on our Knees
~We join you in continuing to pray, country by country for the Persecuted Church Nov. 9th…
(Printing out the lists, cutting list into slips, handing out to family, then gathering to pray)
