We have much to pray for this week and I'd like to add another prayer request for tomorrow, September 11th. We all know what is happening with Terry Jones who is now saying that he will not burn koran's tomorrow, even though he changed his mind yesterday after saying he wasn't going to then. But how many of us have focused this much on the 3000 lives that were lost as a result of 9/11 nine years ago. Let's pray for Terry Jones and his church, but let us also pray for the families of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Let's also pray for America, our troops and government.

Controversial Pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center has decided to cancel his plans to burn korans on the ninth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks.

Last night I was going through our Persecution Blog Twitter account and I had the blessing of reading a lot of very kind messages from our followers on Twitter. Today I wanted to share just a few of those messages with you, and thank all of you who follow us on Twitter.

Last night before I went to bed, I decided to take some time to read the scripture and when I opened my bible, it opened to Jeremiah chapter 20. Here's what I read...

My heart always grieves when I see children being abused, used for ill purposes and hurt by evil people. I do not think I will ever understand how anyone can hurt a child, and so this story really touches my heart. Sadly, Compass Direct is reporting about how four children have been kidnapped from their mother - so she could be released from the custody of her captors, after her Christian husband was martyred.

Pentecostal pastor Ilmurad Nurliev faces criminal charges of “large–scale swindling,” according to Forum 18 News.

Recently we told you about our great VOM vacation bible school material, and we are not the only ones who think so. This is pretty cool...from someone who found it for Egypt and wrote about it on their blog.

Ten members of a Christian aid team were murdered in northern Afghanistan on Aug. 5 after spending three weeks providing medical care to villagers, according to The New York Times (NYT).

In the sixteenth century, King Philip II took a hard line against those who would try to interpret Scripture for themselves. Anyone found studying the Bible during this time was hanged, burned at the stake, drowned, torn in pieces, or buried alive.