Last night I was at a dinner meeting where I heard a great testimony from a man who went to Africa to hand out bibles and share the gospel of Jesus Christ, and one story I heard pierced my heart, as it was about 800 African children who walked 20 miles with their 3 teachers, after getting up at 3 AM to start their journey. The reason these kids walked 20 miles was because they were going to a place where they were told they would receive a free New Testament.

Today we have another devotion from the wonderful book Extreme Devotion.

A very interesting article appears on The Parliament website today concerning statements made by the "controversial" Slovakian deputy Anna Zaborska at a recent conference dealing with religious freedom.

This morning I was talking to a friend who was telling me they were going to the Philippines soon and that got me thinking about how the Lord has used Filipino friends in my life to take me to church when I was younger. I also have a wonderful Filipino Christian neighbor who I absolutely love, and the culture of the Philippines is something I also love. So as I was thinking about all of the blessings that I have been given, as a result of my friends from that nation, I had to share with you all that sadly, there is a part of the Philippines called Mindanao that is suffering from Muslim persecution.

Lately we've been sharing with you a few of the things that are happening in regards to Christianity being under attack here in America. Today I found this interesting article about how the Gideons are coming under attack for wanting to give bibles in schools.

Our friends at Mission Network News are reporting this story today. Please prayerfully read the story and say a prayer for those in Pakistan, and also for Asher and his precious family.

I've been thinking a lot about how much more we are blessed when we give, than when we receive, and as Christmas is upon us, I wanted to ask you a question - how many of you have ever received a bible as a gift? How many of you have ever given a bible to someone as a gift?