In an old legend, Jesus said to his follower named Gorun, “Go pitch a tent on Mount Carmel, and stay there for a time of meditation and prayer.” Gorun did as Jesus asked.

After writing the Gospel of Mark, John Mark traveled, sowing the seeds of the faith throughout Northern Africa and Egypt, and finally settled in Alexandria and established a church there.

“I will kiss the rope but never deny my faith!” exclaimed Tahir Iqbal. The soldiers lifted the paralytic pastor out of his wheelchair and slipped the noose around his neck. Today he walks freely in heaven with Christ.

“I purified my heart of the fear of men, and I learned to see God.”

George Jeltonoshko knew his government did not want people propagating the gospel of Christ, but he had a stronger conviction to obey the commandments of Christ—even if it conflicted with the laws of his country.

The paper was dirty, torn at the edges. The black ink marched across the page in an almost-illegible scrawl. At the bottom, the letter was signed—Ricardo.

Japan, a country surrounded by beautiful mountains, was blessed by the faith of brave Christian brothers and sisters who decided to risk it all to be the first to bring Christ’s message of love and forgiveness to Japan.

Earlier today when Todd Nettleton joined Janet Parshall to talk about the persecuted church, Todd mentioned that the book Extreme Devotion is being translated and read on the radio in the Sudan. And The Voice of the Martyrs is doing this because we are trying to build up the suffering church in the Sudan because of all the genocide. The following devotion is from our popular book Extreme Devotion, and today it happens to be on the Sudan. Get your copy of the book here.