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  1. Tom8907

    Militants, Christmas and Christ

    The Story Another moving story from Open Doors that highlights Christ I'd like to share with you. We learn of a man from Nigeria, Joshua, he went through the horror of being blinded by militants. But that wasn't all- his wife also left him after his injuries. Family members- they kept their...
  2. Tom8907

    The Church, Nicaragua and Christmas

    This is truly a Christmas special and it would do our souls good to think of our brothers and sisters in Christ around the world at this time and remember that God works across the world in different cultures and contexts. 13-year-old Alaia and nine-year-old Manuela have fond memories of...
  3. Tom8907

    Open Doors Highlights And Prayer Points Nov-Dec 2025

    1. Please pray for the verdict of what happened to abducted pastor Raymond Koh, due 5 November in Indonesia. Amazingly, Susanna Koh is still thanking God and thinking of how Raymond's case can be used for God's glory. 2. Believe it or not in some areas and communities in Mexico Christians face...
  4. Tom8907

    Her name is obscure but she needs to be known.

    Phillis Wheatley. Her actual name was and is not known. Her story starts around the age of seven when she was just a child in Africa somewhere between what is now Senegal and Gambia, she was cruelly abducted. Like Joseph, God used the evil done to her for his glory. A 7 year old child abducted...
  5. Tom8907

    One thing thou lackest!

    It is claimed George Whitefield stopped and stayed for several days at the house of a general in Rhode Island- what a blessed stay for the General! George Whitefield really liked the General and his family and didn't want to tell him that he believed he and his family had a false proffesion...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. 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.
  15. 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...
  16. 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...
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
  19. 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...
  20. 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...