Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani's story has made the front page of Foxnews.com today! The awareness being raised is refreshing, knowing that the world will have to take note that Christians are being persecuted for their faith in Christ.
This should also be a lesson to us in America. We praise God for the liberty that we have, yet so often disregard. It's a sad state when we can worship so freely and minister to our communities so openly and lack the passion to care to do so. God help us... our brothers and sisters are being beaten and killed for the sake of Christ and we (I!) are more worried about everything else in this life than worshiping Christ!
Keep praying for Youcef. Pray for God's will to be done in Iran. Pray that the Name of Jesus would blaze across the nation of Iran. The church has historically thrived under persecution, so pray the same will be so wherever our brothers and sisters suffer.
"Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ..." Philippians 3:8 (NLT)
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