Did you know that The Voice of the Martyrs has a podcast that you can subscribe to in iTunes and by RSS feed? If not, all you have to do is go to http://www.persecutionpodcast.com and look to your right and you'll see how you can subscribe. (Hint: the graphic in this blog post is what you need to look for, just click those icons when you visit the persecutionpodcast.com page)

In our ongoing effort to alert you to the suffering of Christians in prison, every Tuesday we've been highlighting a Christian who is in prison for their faith. Last week we highlighted Asia Bibi who has been in prison since 2009. I'm very happy to share with you that 126 new letters were written last week to Asia! Praise the Lord for you who took the time to encourage Asia.

If you are visiting our blog for the first time, I wanted to welcome you and thank you for coming on by, and I wanted to let you know that we have a wonderful book that we would LOVE for you to have and read.

Thank you for taking the time to read our blog today. Let's start the week out with a gentle reminder from G. Shirie Westfall, as we see this reminder, which is also found in the book Extreme Devotion.

Every Friday we ask you to pray for specific needs we have here at The Voice of the Martyrs. Below are three specific prayer requests we ask that you pray for and have your friends and church also pray for. Thank you again for your care for suffering Christians.

In July and August 2011, Muslim extremists sent threatening text messages to at least 10 church leaders in Khartoum, Sudan, according to Compass Direct News. The messages warned that Christian leaders, buildings and institutions have been targeted for future attack. As a result of the threats, many Christians have reportedly stopped attending church.

After an extensive search, Christians in the Bakool region of southwestern Somalia discovered the decapitated body of kidnapped Christian Juma Naradin Kamil on Sept. 2, 2011. Kamil’s body reportedly bore the marks of an execution by the Muslim terrorist group al-Shabab.

Today I am very very happy to share with you the second place video in our Call for Mercy video contest for Asia Bibi.