When we go to believers in persecution, they ask us, “How did you find out about us? How do you know about us?” We tell them that we have weeks of prayers and days of prayers, and we pray for them by country. We pray for them, by their location. There are many times, sometimes every day that we intercede for them and lift them up to God. And before we can ever begin to ask them questions about their own faith, they will weep.

They will weep brokenly when they know how much they are prayed for and that they are not forgotten. You see, every believer in persecution falls down and can’t get up. Oftentimes they are knocked down and they can’t get up.

You remember the story in the Bible where Jesus has been humiliated, he’s been stripped, he’s been beaten and bloodied and tortured, and he’s carrying this cross. And he falls under the burden of the cross and they have to go get Simon out of the crowd, shoulder the cross of Jesus and help Jesus finish his journey to Calvary. Jesus may not have finished his journey without Simon carrying him when he could not carry himself. And that’s what we get to do with the persecuted church.

So join us together as we carry the cross of believers in persecution. You may not know for years. You may not know until you meet them in heaven what your prayers did for them.

Here’s a question I want to leave with you. People tell us all the time that persecution is coming to America and things are getting tough. Are you willing for believers in the other parts of the world to pray for you during their persecution? Are you willing for them to pray for you when your persecution comes to the same extent that you are praying for them right now?

This is what we do for each other. This is how we carry each other. This is how we turn the crucifixion into a resurrection. Lead your family. Lead your children. Lead yourself as singles. Lead your church in praying for your brothers and sisters in chains. Let’s carry them. In anticipation for the day that they will carry us.