Our Lives Are Like Candles 3

Our Lives Are Like Candles  In a musical about North Korea’s infamous Yodok prison camp the actors sing the prayer of many North Korean Christians: If there’s someone out there, can you hear this cry? If there is someone out there, please listen to us Oh God, look at that blood Wind, please stop blowing Our lives are like candles Wind, please stop blowing, don’t blow You will blow out the candles Sun, please don’t rise, don’t rise Someday it will be over Heaven will not forsake us forever If only we had wings, we would fly away. Life for North Korean citizens, especially believers, can be fragile, like candles. All it takes to extinguish their earthly light is one wrong word or one misguided person. Through your prayers we can stand by these fragile believers, and nourish their physical and spiritual hunger.  One With Them Together, One With Them, be part of His glorious plan to strengthen and build up the Church in North Korea. Join in prayer today. One With CHALLENGE Consider taking the 5-5-5 Challenge. It’s a three-part challenge to pray 5 minutes (or more) a week, to share the stories of persecuted believers with 5 friends (or more), and to give $5 a month (or more) to support those who share our faith but not our freedom. Please visit the Open Doors USA World Watch List website and sign up for the challenge. 2013.06.10

Though you have not seen [Jesus], you love him. Thought you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.