Did you know that China's Christian population is between 6 and 8 percent? As a result, many Christians are persecuted in China because of their oppressive government. We cover that persecution on this blog all of the time.

Over the weekend I was thinking about this news item that I saw while I was reading through the news. It caught my attention because there was $100,000.00 ransom on the head of this Iraqi Christian and that's just not something that I see every day - even doing blogging about Christian persecution.

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Chinese professor Bob Fu and his wife held secret Bible studies in remote villages. The inhabitants’ hunger for God’s Word never ceased to amaze him.

One of the hallmarks of Christianity is love for our neighbors and love for our Lord. Husbands and wives are also taught to submit, "one to another" and it has been said that Christians are known for their love, because the God of the holy bible is LOVE. Jesus is love in the flesh.

This week as we consider these important prayer topics, I was reminded of Pastor Chuck Smith's quote on prayer - "Prayer does not change the purpose of God. But prayer does change the action of God." Chuck Smith

Here's an interesting editorial that I'd love for you to weigh in on. Recently, President Obama has decided that he is going reach out to the Muslim world again, but many are wondering if he plans on condemning the radical Islamic terrorism towards Christians in Egypt.

Sometimes when I read stories like the one I am going to share with you in this post, I feel completely heartsick. In fact, it reminds me of a television show I was watching recently where a woman was being stalked by her crazy neighbor for four years. After this woman who was being stalked, did all she could to get help from the police, and then even having to deal with a false accusation of her trying to run her neighbor off the road and kill her, she was able to move out of her house in secret, so she could get rid of her stalker.

Looks like Christians in Indonesia have another thing to worry about, as we can see from a story today from our friends at Compass Direct. Full story here.