Will Your Voice Be Among Those God Hears November 4?

On November 4, 2018, millions of Christians around the world will be calling out to God on behalf of persecuted believers. Will you be joining your voice with theirs on this year’s International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (iDOP)?

HOW TO HELP

Stuck in a cold, dark and dank prison cell and asked how the Church on the outside could help, what would your answer be? Paul’s answer was quite simply, “Remember my chains” (Col. 4:18). And today, when persecuted believers are asked this question, their reply is the same as Paul’s: “Please pray for us.”

HOW TO PRAY

But do you know how to pray? Asked this question, surprisingly, persecuted believers often do not ask for prayers that the persecution would end.

According to a November 2017 Open Doors article , “The No. 1 request Open Doors receives from persecuted believers is prayer, but they don’t ask us to pray they will be removed from persecution. Time and again, persecuted believers tell us that persecution builds the church and their witness… Instead, persecuted believers ask us to pray with them that they will stand strong and witness with faithfulness” (italics added).

For those of us not in the midst of violent persecution, this is astounding! Proof that, when it comes to praying for the persecuted church, those of us who have never sat in a dark prison cell or experienced torture may need some help knowing how to pray for them. Thankfully, there are many resources just one click away from you. Below are rich resources from three of the foremost agencies serving persecuted believers – Open Doors, Voice of the Martyrs, and Persecution.org.

May your voice and mine be joined as one with believers from all around the world as we “remember the chains” of our brothers and sisters who are suffering greatly for their faith in Jesus.

RESOURCES TO ENRICH YOUR PRAYER TIME OR AN iDOP PRAYER EVENT YOU HOST

1) Open Doors USA