2 Corinthians 12:10, "That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."


Isaiah 53:3, "He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem."

Romans 5:3,4 "Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; ⁴ perseverance, character; and character, hope."


Everyone is appalled at the immense sufferings that Christians are suffering in Iraq, Syria, and Iran. It seems unfair, unheard of. Christians have gathered to a lone mountain near Irbil, Iraq and there they are hiding for their lives as ISIS tries to kill all remaining Christians.

A near 500,000 people have been displaced because of these devastating attacks by ISIS.

The best thing we can do is pray for those suffering from these atrocities. While the fire of persecution is definitely falling in Iraq, Syria, and other places like Iran, this does not exsclude America from any chance of suffering. 

We must pray for those in Iraq, Syria, and other parts of the middle east as they suffer.