Today is Monday, October 12th, 2015; Karen's Korner #3161

Wow! Here I am, back at my computer after a few days away! What a wonderful time!

If we don't watch our computer emails every day, they pile up. Some great; others junk! I had a number of daily thought ones; all good! Didn't follow them as closely as I would if I read them each day.

Here is one from last week by Anne Graham Lotz; some sobering statistics:


Paying the Ultimate Price

"No servant is greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also."

~ John 15:20 NIV

"They didn't just persecute Jesus; they crucified Him! How is it that you and I think we will be treated any better?

"You may be thinking this doesn't happen today. Yet it has been estimated by the World Christian Encyclopedia that more than 45 million men and women were put to death for their faith in Jesus Christ during the twentieth century! In recent years, the estimate has averaged between 160,000 and 171,000 per year. Imagine! That's more than 10,000 Christians dying for their faith every month! More than 400 per day!

"While you and I are getting up this morning, trying to decide what to wear and what to eat and where we will spend our vacation, somewhere in the world someone is paying the ultimate price for his or her relationship with Jesus! And I ask myself, would I be willing to do the same?"

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