Reading this story today from our friends at Farsi Christian News Network , just grieves my heart. I know we are to expect persecution as followers of Christ, but to be honest, some days it really grieves my heart. I think today, it's grieving my heart because I see so many Christians not taking their faith seriously, who have freedom and then there are stories like this, where it is evident that a brother and sisters are suffering for their faith in Jesus. Please don't take your faith in Jesus for granted...please read on.

China (MNN) ? After over a year of imprisonment for his faith, human rights attorney Gao Zhisheng was finally set free. Still, persecution in China has yet to die down.

On March 16, The People’s High Court of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region rejected an appeal from Uyghur house-church leader Alimujiang Yimiti, according to ChinaAid Association.

We have good news from China Aid today, as they are reporting that on April 17th, Pastor Dou was released a little bit early from his one year Re-education Through Labor Sentence, which began in June 2009.

SARGODHA, Pakistan, April 19 (CDN) — Family members of a Muslim woman who married a Roman Catholic here have threatened to kidnap the groom’s mother and sister and kill the newlyweds and other relatives, the Christian family members said.

On March 9, Sung Cua Po, a Hmong Christian, fled into the forest with his family after authorities ordered their expulsion, according to Compass Direct News.

Finally, the frustration was too much. “All my time is spent in slave labor!” complained the Czech prisoner, Brother Zavarsky. “Ten hours a day I weave baskets, which the Communists sell for good money. Why did I study so much to be a pastor? Those miserable ones in the service of Communism have high positions at the church now. They preach, they advise, they feed the flock. And I suffer.”

Christians who have left Hinduism and accepted Christ have been harassed, verbally abused and beaten by Muslims in Pakistan, according to VOM contacts.