Ordinary Heroes

The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP) is less than two weeks away. On November 14, an estimated over half a million churches will be praying for persecuted believers around the world.

These persecuted Christians are ordinary people, like you and me, going about their lives, but they are willing to risk everything to follow Jesus. One day an 11-year-old Christian in Pakistan went to pick up some detergent at the store. When he got there, the shopkeeper said, “I don’t sell to any non-Muslim; you are not welcome here; don’t you dare ever come to my shop again.” Shortly after the boy went home, a Muslim religious leader came to his house and accused him of blasphemy. A Muslim mob killed him, his mother, and three siblings.

Persecution comes in many different forms. A Christian doctor in Pakistan said, “At present I…have neither my daughter, which they deceitfully kidnapped, nor my house, but I have protected the most precious thing in my life; my faith in Jesus Christ.”

These are ordinary heroes. Will you stand with them and pray?

To read stories of other ordinary heroes, see the IDOP bulletin insert here: http://www.smyrnaministries.org/IDOP

News Sources: Compass Direct and Asssist News