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Remember the Persecuted This Christmas

24 Dec

A Martyr's Christmas unit study“Why can’t we just celebrate the season with others? Why trouble us with sad words about suffering? Would it be right for Americans to remember only General Eisenhower on the day commemorating victory, while forgetting those who gave their lives in war?”1

Those words reminded me of two truths that I must not forget this Christmas. The Baby whose birth we celebrate this Christmas came to die to save us from our sins. (John 12:27) Our sin was that bad; there was no other way we could have peace with God.

Because Jesus died and came back to life, we are free to know God and are compelled to tell others of the price He paid to give us life and peace. But many tonight are not free to tell others openly. They face abuse, torture, or even death.

Please pray with me for all those who are not free to celebrate Christmas and worship the Lord openly tonight. If you’d like to read a short story for children I wrote about a girl in Iran who faced this dilemma, please read “Yasmin’s Silent Song.” You can also download a free four-week Christmas unit study on Christian persecution today, sensitively written for elementary-middle school students.

Endnote:

1. The quote above is from The Voice of the Martyrs December 2013 newsletter. In the newsletter, the words of Richard Wurmbrand, their founder and a man who spent many years in desolate prisons, are edited and excerpted from The voice of the Martyr’s December 1994 newsletter.

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  1. Janice D Green says

    December 8, 2015 at 9:47 pm

    I enjoyed reading “Yasmin’s Silent Song.”

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    • WriteBonnieRose says

      December 14, 2015 at 12:17 am

      Thank you so much, Janice!

      Reply

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