Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9b Agape, Chionia and Irene (304) Sisters Slain These martyrs were three sisters who were put in prison in...
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For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 2 Corinthians 4:17 Moises Alean Lopez (1994) Caught up in Conflict Moises, a 32-year-old pastor and father of two, was caught up in the...
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All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth… they were longing for a better...
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He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. Mark 8:34 (NRSV) Nestor (c. 251) “With Him shall I be for evermore” While dying by...
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I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13 Jane Stevens (1900) Commitment to China In 1900, 188 foreign missionaries and around 32,000 Chinese Christians were massacred in China during the Boxer Rebellion. The mobs of...
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We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. 1 John 3:16 (NRSV) The Forty Martyrs (320) Frozen to Death In the year 320, when the emperor Licinius announced that Christians in the...
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To the angel of the church in Smyrna write…. Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of...
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Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the...
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Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me. Psalm 27:10 Manche Masemola (1928) Martyred by her Mother When Manche found Christ through the work of foreign missionaries in the Transvaal (modern-day South Africa), her parents...
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I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die. John 11:25 Sadoth (345) “We shall not die but live eternally” Sadoth, bishop of Seleucia and Ctesiphon in Persia, had a vision while on retreat with...
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