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Jeremiah chapter 37 verse 15 and the officials were enraged at

Jeremiah and they beat him and imprisoned him in the house of

Jonathan the secretary for it had been made a prison.

This is one of many pictures we see in the book of Jeremiah where he is unjustly attacked, accused,

arrested here put in prison for proclaiming the word of God.

For being faithful to God, he was put in prison.

When I read this I think about how that is a reality for brothers and sisters around the world

right now, who are either attacked or unjustly accused or arrested or

or imprisoned in different countries in the world.

Open Doors is an organization that works to support, help, raise awareness of, serve the persecuted church around the world and

they do a watch list every year where they rank different countries where Christians are most persecuted.

And so here's the top five countries right now.

Number one is North Korea. Number two is Afghanistan. Number three is

Somalia. Number four is Sudan. And number five is Pakistan.

So I want us today to pray for brothers and sisters who like Jeremiah are imprisoned in North Korea are

attacked and threatened in Afghanistan and Somalia who are persecuted in all kinds of ways in Sudan and Pakistan.

And I want us to intercede for them.

They are our brothers and sisters in Christ. They're our family and they are

experiencing what God's people have experienced for centuries.

Suffering as a result of proclaiming God's word.

And so, God, we pray right now. We pray for our brothers and sisters in these countries specifically

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