A few days ago I mentioned that a ministry team got held up in China because they were trying to bring bibles into China illegally. Today there is a follow up story at the BillingsGazette.com website. Here's a few snips...

I just got home from my vacation in Australia yesterday and when I was away I was totally hoping that I would receive my Olympic prayer band from The Voice of the Martyrs, but guess what - I haven't yet! :)

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.

The following story was found on FoxNews.com

UPDATED: Todd did not appear on Janet's show after all. Last night when I wrote this post it was listed at Janet's site and this morning (here in Australia) I see that Janet didn't have Todd on. Sorry for the inconvenience. Please watch the video below.

Here is another great entry from the best selling book Extreme Devotion!

In recent days I have been thinking about courage as it relates to our persecuted brothers and sisters around the world. I looked up the definition of courage in the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and it defines courage as “mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty.” Even though these words definitely describe persecuted believers worldwide, my thoughts centered on the relationship between their inspiring courage and their faith. I believe the Holy Spirit reiterated to me that persecuted believers can persevere and withstand danger, fear or difficulty because of their dependence on the Lord. He supernaturally endows them with the strength to endure hardships with joy.

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.