This Sunday, in a number of churches, we will be IDOPing.
The acronym stands for “International Day Of Prayer” for the persecuted church.
I tend to appreciate that my life is fairly comfortable. If I am persecuted for my Christian stand, I can turn to various remedial channels to correct that. Sometimes I may feel unfairly treated.
But nothing like those in many countries around the world. Death is not an unheard of result of converting to Christianity, being the leader of a group of Christians, or just taking a stand for Jesus!
I guess our question is — will we take a stand with those who are persecuted? Can our first place of standing be prayer?