I was in Denver over the weekend so I didn't get to be at my home church to participate in the International Day of Prayer with my church family, but in my absence I had my husband do the presentation. So what he did was prepare a short video with some of the prayer points we gave to you last week, and he coupled it with some pictures of some of our brothers and sisters in bonds who had been beaten. I will try to post the video later so you all can see it.

One of the things I've been wanting to talk to you all about is the ongoing persecution that is currently taking place in Orissa, India. Last week I was inundated with news stories documenting the horror of what is going on, and sadly, continues.

I needed another reason to use this very cute picture. So I thought I'd share with you some prayer quotes to motivate you in your time of prayer today.

Do animals pray? Or do their owners just make them look like it :), well, I thought this cute picture would get your attention as we bring to you today a few prayer requests from The Voice of the Martyrs Canada.

Today we have a poll over at our main Voice of the Martyrs site asking if your church is going to participate in the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.

Our partners at Release International sent out a unique “prayer-a-day” for the month of August. This has something you can pray for China for every day in August. I encourage you print this out and use these prayers each day. You can start any day you like. It will only take a few minutes, and imagine how you can impact the world by bringing China before our all-powerful God. Here are the prayers for Day 27 through Day 31.

The following comes from our friends at VOM Canada. Please remember to pray for Indonesian believers, as they suffer tremendously for their faith in Jesus.

Our partners at Release International sent out a unique “prayer-a-day” for the month of August. This has something you can pray for China for every day in August. I encourage you print this out and use these prayers each day. You can start any day you like. It will only take a few minutes, and imagine how you can impact the world by bringing China before our all-powerful God. Here are the prayers for Day 21 through Day 26.

Our partners at Release International sent out a unique “prayer-a-day” for the month of August. This has something you can pray for China for every day in August. I encourage you print this out and use these prayers each day. You can start any day you like. It will only take a few minutes, and imagine how you can impact the world by bringing China before our all-powerful God. Here are the prayers for Day 13 through Day 20.

Our partners at Release International sent out a unique “prayer-a-day” for the month of August. This has something you can pray for China for every day in August. I encourage you print this out and use these prayers each day. You can start any day you like. It will only take a few minutes, and imagine how you can impact the world by bringing China before our all-powerful God.