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  1. Tom8907

    Open Doors Highlights July- August 2025

    1. Our brothers and sisters in Christ in Myanmar have been affected by an earthquake, they face this challenge on top of severe persecution- it is #13 on the Open Doors World Watchlist. 2. We learn of Yasin a Christian in an undisclosed Middle Eastern/ North African country. He risked losing...
  2. Tom8907

    Release International Prayer Points July-September 2025

    Your prayers please for our brothers and sisters in Christ, this magazine focused on the suffering church in Pakistan. . Prayers for Jessica Iqbal, a girl who was abducted for marriage- and the courts ruled in her abductor's favour! . Prayers for *Sandy- a woman who was abducted numerous times...
  3. Tom8907

    A divinely missed appointment?

    So there I was, walking around a sunny high street this Saturday past, enjoying the sun and local market. Then out of the corner of the eye I see them- two cheerful and friendly Mormon missionaries, eagerly wanting to tell people their message. When one of them asks me my beliefs, I tell him...
  4. Tom8907

    Faith In The Fire

    I read about an amazing podcast from Barnabas Aid- title is my post name, it features the UK spoken word artist Joshua Luke Smith and his experience on a trip to visit our Nigerian brothers and sisters in Christ. He will now have the God given urge to share the struggles of the persecuted...
  5. Tom8907

    Open Doors May-June mag highlights

    .A father and son team joined their love of racing and a marathon and raised £250.00 for Open Doors at the silverstone running marathon- it reminds me I need to do the same and plan on doing so! . Please pray for our sister in Christ Nagres Nasri from Iran, despite being pregnant with her first...
  6. Tom8907

    Mexico? World Watchlist?

    Not from the government but because of threats such as cartel members. You see, cartel members don't like the church giving hope to potential cartel recruits! The cartels offer a life of paranoia and a strong chance of a very gruesome death, whereas the Gospel brings peace with God and an...
  7. Tom8907

    The Church and Holy Week

    I was reading my Open Doors prayer diary during this morning's devotions and was reminded of something about holy week. Maundy Thursday is tommorow and there will be many church services over the coming week for us to attend! But Open Doors reminded me and it should remind us- to pray for the...
  8. Tom8907

    Bhumika Open Doors

    God used Bhumika's niece to introduce Bhumika to the saving knowledge of Christ- she went to church and gave her life to Christ in June 2022. This story is not usual in the sense that it was Bhumika's children that rejected her for her faith- not her parents, older extended relatives, etc...
  9. Tom8907

    Prayer request for my wife

    A prayer request for my brothers and sisters in Christ. My wife has been sent for urgent testing at hospital as she has been hacking up blood when coughing. Please pray everything is ok and she knows God's comfort.
  10. Tom8907

    Afghanistan and Brazil

    The final part of my coverage of the Release International Apr-Jun 2025 will take me to an article worth mentioning in and of itself- the mention of Afghan brothers and sisters in Christ finding refuge in Brazil- what a way of showing God's work around the world! 1. Ahmad- Ahmad was a police...
  11. Tom8907

    Missionary Safety

    Tonight at the Church prayer meeting we had a prayer request I'd like to share with you. Previously they spread the Gospel to a Country where they risked death, they obviously made it back and imminently they will be going to a dangerous Country to spread the Gospel, where if discovered doing...
  12. Tom8907

    Release International Apr- June 2025 mag summary

    . Your prayers please for our Pakistani family in Christ- Muskan Salman, aged 15, has been abducted a second time by the same man who tried to illegally marry her previously. Please pray for her parents and that she would be safely returned to her parents. . The church in Laos- though...
  13. Tom8907

    We are the Samaritan woman

    What- the woman with five husbands? Yep. This is a genius comparison from the author of my 'Memento Mori' lent devotional. It's not just other people we try and root our identity in- we do it with hobbies, politics, etc- our idols are our numerous spouses we try to find happiness in like the...
  14. Tom8907

    Luke 9 and China

    This morning during my Bible Study I came across Luke 9:57-62, shortly after I read the story of a Chinese brother in Christ, Ming from the 'Open Doors World Watchlist'. Ming used to regularly load his car full of Bibles to distribute with his friends but one day the Chinese authorities caught...
  15. Tom8907

    Called To Serve

    Had to share my '40 Acts' Lent devotional today. We are introduced to a Welsh brother in Christ Rob who lives in Bristol, he has long term health issues which prevent him from going out too often but despite this he still volunteers! Rob helps with all of the simple administrative work in...
  16. Tom8907

    Haiti and the ultimate sacrifice

    Davy and Natalie Lloyd, two American missionaries were killed in Haiti in May this year by armed gangs. They were in Haiti to help spread the Gospel and to also provide aid to the youth of Haiti. They were soon due to be celebrating a wedding anniversary- I'm sure they envisioned themselves...
  17. Tom8907

    Hope on an Indonesian island

    Kandi, our sister in Christ was one of the many victims of a terrorist attack on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, she lost her husband and her father in 2020. Since then open doors partners visited her- she now has remarried and has a brand new home thanks to donations and prayers! The...
  18. Tom8907

    In a Tamil Nadu forest......

    In the forests of Tamil Nadu there is a place where Christians from a local tribal community gather for worship, they do not have access to any buildings. This gathering has had an impact on many from their community and many local leaders are not happy about it. Let us pray for their...
  19. Tom8907

    Christians being Trafficked

    Please pray for our sisters in Christ in South East Asia, particularly in the war torn Country of Myanmar. They are at a high risk of being trafficked due to poverty and lack of opportunity. Please pray for projects such as Barnabas Aid's sewing project, to help these sisters in Christ avoid...
  20. Tom8907

    Great is your faithfulness!

    A while back in my old hometown I visited a close friend's Baptist church and the hymns began. The one in question is "great is your faithfulness". I suddenly heard singing so passionate I had to turn around. It came from a little girl in a wheelchair. Wow, all the hardships she must have...
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