Have you heard about the pastor that survived a murder attempt? This is amazing. Voice of the Martyrs Canada has sent this out in this weeks requests for prayer.

The following prayer request comes from this week's prayer requests from VOM Canada. As I thought about this request, I was reminded of the recent church fires here in America. Fortunately, the young men who set those fires were caught, and the members of those churches are now living in peace again. This isn't true in Pakistan where the persecution from radical Muslims is rampant. Please pray for our fellow family in Christ, that they would stand firm.

Every week Voice of the Martyr's USA and Canada send out different prayer requests for all of us to read and pray over. If you live in the United States, you can sign up for the USA prayer alerts at www.persecution.com - just click the link that says VOM's weekly email updates.

The following requests for prayer are taken from this weeks VOM Canada prayer requests. Have you signed up yet to receive them yourself? You can by visiting the VOM Canada website anytime.

This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!

A few months ago I heard a powerful interview with Kay Arthur concerning a man named Sergey and his family who are under persecution. I wanted to follow up on that interview because I think it's important to remember those we know are being persecuted in our prayers. If you missed that interview, it's still available to listen to on this site. Listen here.

Have you prayed for the persecuted church today? Don't know how to pray? Well, you're in luck because today I have a few requests straight from the VOM Canada prayer alert. Which you can get yourself by signing up at www.persecution.net

Do you believe in Divine appointments? I sure do, and I have to tell all of you what happened this weekend. My husband and I traveled about 3 hours from home to visit some friends I had only met once - at our wedding. We spent a few hours with them and I was so blessed by their love for Christ Jesus that I had to share with all of you this wonderful song they have written for the suffering in the Sudan.

One of many very important prayer requests in this weeks VOM Canada's prayer alert. Have you signed up for these alerts yet?

I have a real burden to ask all of you to write down "Palestinian Christians" on your prayer lists. The reason is because yesterday we found out that Hamas won the Palestinian parliamentary elections instead of Fatah.