Please take a few minutes to pray today for Pastor Behnam Irani who has been in prison for his faith in Jesus.

Just about every parent wants to show their child that there is honor is being a person of integrity. Most Christian parents want their children to grow up to be not only people of integrity, but also people who will stand for the Lord Jesus Christ. This is why I love to highlight testimonies of the faithful that have gone before us and who now live in our hearts as heroes and heroines of the faith.

A few days ago I was discussing with my husband the importance of intellectual property and specifically quotes. One of the reasons we all enjoy quotes is because generally they highlight the author of the quote and their thinking.

Nigeria (MNN) ? Four believers perished in a suicide bombing thought to be associated with Boko Haram.

In the last few years the Lord has really blessed the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church as we have seen more and more churches get involved. We have also been blessed to see a growth in the understanding of what is happening to Christians worldwide, which is why I wanted to share with you our new video for the IDOP 2012.

“I enquired about the possession of the Christian spirit, and the reply came … that it was the Holy Spirit. Well, at any cost I didn’t want to be robbed of this new life and hence started learning Christianity.”

Last Friday, late in the afternoon, we posted our latest Persecution Podcast. This is about a 35 minute episode and features some special things besides our normal prayer requests.

To Dinh Trung has put hundreds of miles on his bicycle, traveling bumpy dirt roads to minister to the K’Ho tribe. This is one of sixty tribes in Vietnam that the government forbids visitors to evangelize. As he entered the village on April 4, 1995, police suddenly pulled him off his bicycle and started to beat him. They videotaped him and ridiculed him in front of the villagers.

The following news is courtesy of Mission Network News and Open Doors, please take a few minutes to pray for our dear brother in Christ and his family.