I'm not always sure how to pray, or what exactly to pray for, especially when we live in such a protected
bubble, with limited true news entering our news waves. We pray thy will be done, and then wonder what
is happening on earth and in heaven. If I allow the realness of what is happening not only to Christians
but many people in the world today, I know my soul is overwhelmed for God's kingdom come. My soul is
overwhelmed with the need to have a steady heart, fixed eyes, and a longing for heaven that only comes
from a daily indwelling of Jesus himself. I am continually asking what can I do for the body of Christ in
other places that are seeing their families put to death, their homes taken away, their children used,
raped, slaughtered. What can we do for those that are not in the body, suffering the same consequences
of evil in this world?
As we embrace loved ones, enjoy a meal and celebrate a risen Lord this weekend, do not ignore that the
reality that Heaven is right in front of some of our brothers and sisters in Christ. Pray they stay strong till
the end, that they know their reward, and be aware that they know beyond a shadow of a doubt who will
be greeting them when their severed bodies are left here, and they enter into His glory.. You will see
them again..."I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I
saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of
the word of God." Revelation 20:4
"...this Holy Week we are calling upon Christians to also reflect upon the crucifixion, beheading, stoning,
enforced slavery, sexual abuse, human trafficking, harassment, bombing and displacement of hundreds
of thousands of Christians -- and others -- whose faith alone has made them a target of religious
extremists...."
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