For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of this world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 2 Corinthians 10:3-4 Mariam Hdago (1954) “I won’t...
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The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon. Psalm 92:12 Paul and Priscilla Johnson (1952) “Bless Them, Lord” In April 1952 Paul and Priscilla, missionaries from America working in Thailand, were holding...
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Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6 Felicitas and her Seven Sons (2nd century) Faithful Family Felicitas was a widow with seven sons who lived in Rome during the reign...
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Where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them. Matthew 18:20 Gu Xianggao (2004) House Church Raids Xianggao, a 28-year-old Christian who worked as a teacher, was beaten to death in custody in Heilongjiang Province, China, on 27 April...
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But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:57 Kosmos Aitolos (1779) Passionate about Education Kosmos, a travelling preacher who taught the Christian faith throughout Greece, Albania and Turkey...
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In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33b Nigerian Christians (2010) “We killed them all” Two journalists from a Nigerian Christian magazine, The Lightbearer, were en route to interview a local...
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The bloodthirsty hate the blameless, and they seek the life of the upright. Proverbs 29:10 (NRSV) Hridoy Roy (2003) Bangladesh’s First Martyr? Just after midnight, early in the morning of 24 April 2003, Hridoy was returning home after showing a...
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For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:12 George (303) A Patron Saint...
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Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law – a man’s...
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The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath...
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