Has the Lord given you a burden for a nation? He has for me, and one of them is Eritrea, so when I read this prayer request, I just had to share it with you. The statistics are amazing. And when you consider that the majority of Christians in the world are persecuted, it's even more amazing. American Christian - are you taking your freedom seriously? I hope so.

Precious ones, we have a lot to pray about this week. So I would like to encourage you to print these posts up and pray over them. Remember that the Lord does hear our prayers, and even though we may never see the answers ourselves to our cries for mercy, justice and help for the persecuted, we can know that God does not lie, and that He is answering us!

If you're like me then you LOVE to write. Actually pretty much anyone who blogs is a writer by nature, since you can't blog without writing. Which is why you all are the perfect audience for The Voice of the Martyrs Prisoner Alert project.

As is our custom whenever Todd appears on Janet Parshall's America, we let you know about it. Today Todd appeared for a brief time with Janet in her third hour, which thankfully Janet has posted on the front of her site - which means you can listen for free :)

Have you ever wondered what would cause you to stop worshipping the one true Living God? I have to admit that there have been times in my life when I have felt so angry at God that I didn't feel like worshipping Him, and even thought about throwing in my faith all together. In fact, there was one time I was so mad that I even ripped up my bible, threw it across the room, kicked it and then jumped up and down on it. I was really angry at God for things out of my control, and yet what I've learned after all of these years is that our faith, thankfully, isn't based in our feelings because if it was, who could stand. It would be very difficult.

by Stacy L. Harp

This week we didn't do a persecution blog carnival, however we did receive an entry for the carnival that I would like you to check out. This is from faithful persecution blogger Cindy at Inspiration Korner.

Earlier this week our friends at Mission Network News published the following story that includes The Voice of the Martyrs very own Todd Nettleton. Please pray for those working at Mission Network News and also for those in India being persecuted, and the families left behind.

Voice of the Martyrs-Canada sources say a Muslim mob burned down the Indonesia Evangelical Mission Church building in the Singkil area of Aceh six nights ago. Word of a planned revival meeting spread amongst the radical Muslims in the community. The church is now meeting for worship in a local home. Earlier this year, the Indonesian province of Aceh became the first to institute and enforce Shariah law. Pray that the believers of this church will be steadfast in their service for the Lord.

The following is from our buddies at Mission Network News. Just think, this could be America soon, if laws continue to be passed that rip away our religious freedom.