This is by far one of the most encouraging devotions from the awesome book Extreme Devotion, which we frequently highlight on this blog. My favorite line in this devotion is "They wanted to encourage Christians in the West." Isn't that awesome! Take a minute and read this, and then pass it on to a friend. And please leave me your thoughts, I want to know how this encourages you today.

We here at the Persecution Blog want to thank you for all of your support and love. I appreciate personally the dedication those of you have in prayer and writing for the persecuted church. That's why I love Friday's because today is the day I get to highlight what you all have written. So let's begin...

One of our persecution bloggers is going to be taking on an extraordinaire feat of love for the persecuted church. Blogger Cindy Grayson has gracious considered The Voice of the Martyr's as her ministry of choice to stay up all night blogging for donations. Cindy asked if I could help spread the word, and I told her "Of course!"

After acquiring land where they could build a house of worship, local Christians in the Ethiopian town of Yebu faced heavy opposition. Numerous times, local Muslims had warned the Christians that if they did not stop evangelizing, they would be attacked.

Over the weekend my husband and I had the opportunity to attend our very first VOM Meeting. And I have to tell you that I had the best time ever! I had the opportunity to meet the VOM representative, and record his presentation - which I will do my best to post later this week and also meet some very cool brothers and sisters who care about the persecuted church.

This morning's Extreme Devotion begs the question - Would you?

The following is exclusively from VOM Media.

(Compass Direct) Freed on bail, a Pakistani man charged with raping Ribqa Masih has continued to threaten the young Christian woman who accused him of pressuring her to convert to Islam by violating her. "I'm afraid to go outside," said Masih before breaking into tears. "Mentally, I've been too disturbed to study." Masih had finished her high school examinations and was awaiting the results in September 2005, when wealthy Muslim neighbors in this town near Faisalabad kidnapped and raped her, she said. Among them was Muhammad Kashif, who was granted bail on a technicality the law gives to criminal suspects suffering from illness. His illness is psoriasis. "Psoriasis did not stop him from raping Masih," said Khalil Tahir Sindhu, Masih's lawyer. Nor did it keep Kashif from fleeing police in a Faisalabad courtroom last October when his initial request for pre-arrest bail was rejected.

(VOM Canada) On May 1, 2006, Ka Tamong (22) came to faith in Christ in the Louangphrabang area of Laos and immediately set out to share his faith with the people in his home village of Omdong. Using a cassette tape given to him by a pastor, he began sharing his new found faith with his family and fellow villagers and many expressed interest in becoming Christians. However, the village head reported him to the district police and he was arrested on May 16. His Bible and cassette player were confiscated. Contacts report Ka Tomong was released from Nong Ngiao prison on or around June 24th and has led three more people to the Lord. Pray that Ka Tamong will remain faithful to his newfound faith. Pray that he will find opportunities to share Christ and that other believers will be encouraged because of his faithfulness. Pray that the villagers that have heard the gospel will respond with open hearts to Jesus Christ.