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Open Doors Prayer Request

Well, Open Doors have sent me a top 10 Countries brochure for the world watchlist and today is the fortnightly story of our suffering believers and sisters in Christ across the world from the Open Doors prayer diary so got a post on the persecuted church.

Oh and by the way, I haven't finished my Release International lent devotional book from last year so even more of these posts soon. Yes, I do Lent, you didn't forget my denomination, did you? 🤨 🤭

. Please pray for *Rooble our Somali brother in Christ. Rooble became a Christian after some other Somali brothers in Christ (I assume brothers as Somalis strictly socialise only with their own gender) showed him the Bible. Rooble then shared the Bible with other Somalis and they came to faith in Christ too.

When Rooble started sharing his faith, he got beaten and sent to jail for three months, he must be a well liked individual as that is very lenient for a Country like Somalia. This was the first of several jail sentences for Rooble.

Rooble's brother also became a Christian and got killed for his faith. Rooble was also rejected and disinherited by his family, a death sentence in itself for African/Somali communities.

Let us also reflect if Rooble has the bald courage to spread the Gospel in Somalia, what does that say to us?

. Please also pray for a safehouse for the Open Doors safehouse (location unknown) for our North Korean sisters in Christ. It is a place of food, fellowship and worship. God's presence is very strong there.

*= Name changed by Open Doors.

Sources:

Open Doors Top Ten and Open Doors Prayer Diary
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BritishFailedAesthetic · M Pinned Comment
It will always give a Christian the greatest calm, quiet, ease, and peace, to think of the perfect righteousness of Christ.

there is nothing wanting in my Lord, Christ hath done it all. On the cross he said, "It is finished!" and if it be finished, then am I complete in him, and can rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, "Not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith."

When the believer says, "I live on Christ alone; I rest on him solely for salvation; and I believe that, however unworthy, I am still saved in Jesus;" then there rises up as a motive of gratitude this thought--"Shall I not live to Christ? Shall I not love him and serve him, seeing that I am saved by his merits?"

CH Spurgeon Morning And Evening Jan 31st
@BritishFailedAesthetic that's very beautiful. Thank you. I always say to myself Christ has done so much for me, how could I give him less?
@BritishFailedAesthetic Jesus is the best gift we can give the world.
@LadyGrace What a great thing to say to yourself sister!

Morning and Evening is a great part of my devotion after my Bible reading!
@BritishFailedAesthetic and that is so important brother. He is the joy and Light of our life.
@LadyGrace Amen sister, I just the fact that in him we can keep growing and growing in this joy!

And sometimes when his love and what he did for us just hits us.
@BritishFailedAesthetic I love your wording..... "Sometimes what he did for us and his love for us, just Hits us." So very true.
@LadyGrace Thankyou so much!