If it's one thing I've learned writing about Christians who are being persecuted is that they are people of prayer and they are thankful to the Lord for the privilege of suffering for His precious name. So as we go into the Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow, will you please join me in praying for our suffering brothers and sisters in countries that do not have religious freedom.

Yesterday I reported on the assassination of Pierre Gemayel and today WorldNetDaily also has a story concerning this story and all of the recent happenings with Pastor Rick Warren.

One of the biggest stories in the news today is the assassination of Lebanese Christian cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel who was a very outspoken anti-Syrian critic.

In today's Extreme Devotion I was reminded that there is no such thing as an unanswered prayer. The faith of these believers also inspired me to want to continue to stand for Jesus and not be ashamed of the gospel of Christ that delivers us from all sin.

Welcome to this weeks Persecution Blog Round Up (complete with a cute graphic).

An article on the Seatlepi.com website shares how the murderer who beheaded the Indonesia girls last year has apologized to the families. Read the full article here.

Today I wanted to share with you a prayer request from the VOM USA's prayer email that came yesterday in my email box.

Yesterday I was listening to Janet Parshall's America and she had Marvin Newell on talking about his new book called A Martyr's Grace: Stories of Those Who Gave All for Christ and His Cause and I was struck by how Newell came up with the title of the book. Apparently the title of the book came from a comment D. L. Moody made concerning a martyr's grace. So I got curious and decided to do a search on this, and sure enough this is what D.L. Moody says concerning a "marty'rs grace."

Yesterday I didn't post our normal Extreme Devotion, so today I thought I'd share with you this devotion from that wonderful book published through The Voice of the Martyrs.

Due to me being at a conference all day, I am finally getting to update the site for today. I am wondering if your church celebrated the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church yesterday? Mine did...and it was very cool.