Where Knowing Christ is Dangerous

Join us for 30 Days of Prayer for Global Awakening, March 1-30.

Come join our army as we pray for these closed nations, for persecuted Christians, for their persecutors and for seekers who don’t know how to find Christ. Enter your email below to receive the daily posts in time for your morning quiet times with God.

For billions of people across the areas colored red in this map below, fear and uncertainty are a constant reality. Christians and even seekers asking questions about Jesus are severely persecuted, often by beatings, imprisonment or death.

And yet, in Christ alone is LIFE.

“As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

Peter’s words in the face of extremists forbidding him to speak about Jesus, Acts 4:20, 12 (niv)

As our 30 Days of Prayer for Global Awakening approaches March 1-30, let’s join together with the early church, who quoted Psalm 2:1-2 in their prayers:

“’Why do the nations rage
    and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
against the Lord
    and against His anointed one.’

“Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable Your servants to speak Your word with great boldness. Stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

Acts 4:25-26, 29-31 (niv)

Lord, today we cry out to You for the lost who live in nations that do not allow open preaching of the Gospel. Some of these countries are poverty-stricken and war-torn, with oppressive (often Communist, Muslim, or other religious or violent) governments that make life difficult for the masses and even more difficult for those truly seeking You. Churches must meet in hiding, so even if someone looked for You, where would they go to find You? Lord, You know where these seekers are, and You know where the underground churches and believers are. Connect them safely, please. Meet the lost in their dreams and give them a hunger for You so great, finding You becomes their greatest passion. Then satisfy them with Your love. Jeremiah 29:13. Lead them to certain Christian sites and individuals on the internet and social media that will point them to You. Plant thousands of new churches even this year in closed countries. Perform signs and miracles and wonders to turn whole villages, cities, and nations to You. Put believers and sympathizers in positions of authority, who will open doors and ease up restrictions through Your leading, making it possible for people to hear about and know You. For those who are afraid to seek You, overwhelm them with Your love and cast out all their fear. 1 John 4:18. Open their eyes to see You as You truly are, and give them courage to lay down their traditions, fear of punishment, and whatever false gods they have been worshipping to run into Your arms, receive Your salvation, and worship You alone as God. Father, these closed countries are no longer just off somewhere far away from us, but You have brought their people to our own cities, and even our own neighborhoods. Some of them still have never heard Your Good News, even though they now live in an open country. Show us how to reach them with Your love. Help us build bridges that make it easy for them to get to You. Open up just the perfect opportunities at the perfect moment for us to share, and empower us by Your Spirit to speak and act in a way that they will fully understand who You are and why You came to save them. Awaken them to You, O God. May they know the One who loves them and created them for relationship. May they at last find in You the love, joy, and peace they’ve been searching for.

Mikaela Vincent and her husband are missionaries who live by faith, trusting in God to provide for their needs as they pray for and share Christ with the nations. If you would like to help their ministry through a donation, or by finding gifts for those you love at Mikaela’s online bookstore, click the buttons below:

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