23 scriptures persecuted Christians cling to

------=_Part_121517145_834390165.1698347889816 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_121517146_1330195233.1698347889816" ------=_Part_121517146_1330195233.1698347889816 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [ 11-81AD-6045BD8C593C] Dear {NAME}, =C2=A0 It=E2=80=99s a rare gift to hear from North Korean Christians. North Korea = is No. 1 on the 2023 World Watch List=E2=80=94it=E2=80=99s incredibly dange= rous for believers there. =C2=A0 But we recently got a letter from a North Korean Christian currently living= in China. It came through our secret network of safe houses in China where= we can care for North Korean believers who are able to make it out of thei= r home country. =C2=A0 In this letter, our brother writes: =E2=80=9CI have been to China twice in = my life. Here, I listened to the gospel and received Jesus Christ as my Sav= ior. In gratitude for my salvation, I have decided to write down this testi= mony.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0 He continues: =E2=80=9CWhenever I realize how God has sanctified me, I am e= ager to run to my family and people in North Korea who are suffering.=E2=80= =9D Read his powerful testimony [ h-korea-christian-letter/] We are so thankful that God has allowed our work in China to continue to se= rve North Korean believers. Thank God for this brother=E2=80=94and the remi= nder that Jesus is at work even in the hardest places. Ask God to help him = realize his dream of returning to North Korea to serve people there! =C2=A0 Please continue to stand in prayer with your North Korean sisters and broth= ers today. We know that God can do anything, and the power of prayer is str= ong. =C2=A0 In Christ, =C2=A0 Ryan Brown CEO, Open Doors US =C2=A0 P.S.=C2=A0Did you know we have a monthly prayer calendar? It=E2=80=99s a gr= eat way to lift up your persecuted family each day. 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The words of the Bible. =C2=A0 We asked our sisters and brothers who risk so much to follow J= esus: What are the scriptures you cling to and turn toward for strength, en= couragement, courage and comfort? =C2=A0 Their responses and the stories they shared are powerf= ul reminders of God=E2=80=99s promises in His Word=E2=80=94and tha= t we can all trust in God=E2=80=99s promises through our own adversity and = trials. [Read these 23 passages= g>](3D".=) I love what Shekh= ar* shared. He quoted Paul=E2=80=99s words in Romans 8:38-39:= =C2=A0 =E2=80=9CFor I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor= angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to = come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separ= ate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.=E2=80=9D = span> =C2=A0 After he trusted in Christ, Shekhar had to move from more than= three villages in northern India as each time he was chased out for sharin= g the gospel. At one point, he faced false accusations and imprisonment. = span> =C2=A0 =E2=80=9CYet wherever I went, I never stopped serving = the Lord,=E2=80=9D Shekar says. =E2=80=9CI was able to gather peop= le and pray.=C2=A0These verses always remind me that nothing can separate m= e from God's love.=E2=80=9D =C2=A0 Our sisters and brothers in Laos, Nigeria, Syria, Iraq, China,= Bhutan, Ethiopia=E2=80=94and anywhere where it=E2=80=99s hard to follow Je= sus=E2=80=94have so much to share with us and teach us. I hope you=E2=80=99= re inspired, strengthened and comforted by the words and lessons they share= . =C2=A0 In Christ, =C2=A0 Ryan Brow= n CEO, Open Doors US =C2=A0 P.S.=C2=A0Did you know we have a monthly pray= er calendar? It=E2=80=99s a great way to lift up your persecuted f= amily each day. 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