As you consider going to your house of worship this weekend, please watch this video report from The Voice of the Martyrs and remember your spiritual family who is and has suffered much for the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Iran’s Revolutionary Court recently upheld Pastor Farshid Fathi’s six-year sentence for “political offenses,” forcing him to complete a prison term that began more than 18 months ago. Farshid was arrested in December 2010 for his Christian work, but authorities continue to cast his activities as political offenses. He has become much beloved among inmates in Tehran’s Evin prison, according to Elam Ministries.

Please take a few minutes to print up these prayer requests and share them with your praying networks. Thank you for always praying for our family in Christ. The prayers of the righteous availeth much!

Egypt (MNN) ? For months leading up to the elections, Tom Doyle with e3 Partners predicted a Muslim Brotherhood win in Egypt's presidential elections. Now that Mohammed Morsi has indeed won the presidency, Doyle says Sharia law is around the corner--and not just for Egypt.

If you haven't visited our VOM Bookstore lately, I wanted to tell you that right now one of our Current Features is a book about Richard Wurmbrand called Richard Wurmbrand: The Man and His Work by Merv Knight.

If you are a member of our Be-A-Voice-Network than you may have already received our latest notice about Asia Bibi, but in the event you are not a member, I wanted to share with you part of the email that was sent.

One of the most important things we can do as parents and Sunday school teachers is to teach our kids about the persecuted church. Which is exactly the reason why we are accepting submissions now through September 1st from any child who has been involved in serving the persecuted church.

Yesterday we shared with you the news Fox News reported about the horrible tragedy that took place over the weekend in Kenya. Today, our friends at Mission Network News have an update. Sadly, the death toll has increased to 18 and more than 60 were wounded, not the 40 we reported yesterday. Please pray for Kenya today.

I love the media and the reason I love the media is because the gospel of Jesus Christ is preached through out the whole world via various different media outlets.

Over the weekend, Fox News reported the bad news that fifteen people were killed and forty individuals were wounded in church attacks. Here is part of the sad news. Please pray for those suffering and those who are grieving the loss of their loved ones.