Standing Strong Through the Storm - March 10

Timeless lessons for overcoming the storms of life through real life examples of persecuted Christians.

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THE CROSS - RESPONDING WITH SINGING Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Helen Berhane spent almost three years in the shipping container prisons of Eritrea. In her book Song of the Nightingale, she shares about the first time she and other women were put in an old container that was very hot and filled with fleas and lice: Everyone was very despondent, and many of the women were angry. They asked me what we should do and I knew they were expecting me to say that we should shout or bang the container, to let our captors know that we were not going to tolerate this treatment. But I remembered…[reading] about how Christians, like nightingales, could not be prevented from singing even in captivity, and I suggested that we sing: “We should praise God in spite of the fleas, in spite of the lice, in spite of the heat. We should thank God despite our circumstances.” So I began to sing with them, and pray, and share the Word of God from memory.  Pastor Ung Sophal sat in a filthy Cambodian prison badly beaten.  His hands and feet were chained for five months. "Only my mouth was unchained," he said. “...So I sang to God in prison all the time. Another prisoner heard me singing through a small hole in the wall, so I taught him the song—a bit at a time. He passed it on and soon eight of us were singing.” Archbishop Dominic Tang spent twenty-two years in prison in China for his faith. He reports: “Besides my prayer and meditation, every day I sang some hymns in a soft voice, ‘Jesus I live for you; Jesus I die for you; Jesus I belong to you. Whether alive or dead I am for Jesus!’ This hymn was taught to me by a Protestant prisoner who lived in my cell.”                               RESPONSE: Today I will respond to all the challenges of life with praise and thankfulness. PRAYER:Pray that all Christian prisoners around the world will respond to their circumstances as those documented above. STANDING STRONG THROUGH THE STORM (SSTS) -A daily devotional message by Paul Estabrooks © 2011 Open Doors International. Used by permission “When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever.” Proverbs 10:25 Right now millions of Christians face persecution because of their faith in Christ. Register to receive the Open Doors USA Weekly Prayer Alert email. Join alongside thousands of others praying for our brothers and sisters worldwide to stand strong in the midst of their struggles. Also learn more about countries where the persecution of Christians is most severe by visiting the Open Doors website today.

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