With God as travel guide

Today, 75% of the religious persecuted are Christians. All over the world, Christians are persecuted because of their belief in Jesus Christ. They live a life filled with fear and insecurity, and there is nothing they can do about it. But what can we do?

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OpenDoors - serving persecuted Christians worldwide.

OpenDoors is an international organization who help persecuted Christians in several countries. They support persecuted Christians with bibles, Christian materials, and teaching. This way the persecuted Christians know that they haven’t been forgotten, and they can hold on to their belief.

[endif]--Persecuted Christians all over the world

Today over 215 million Christian believers face intimidation, prison and even death. That is one in 12 Christians worldwide. 215 million people who are forced to hide their beliefs and live a life underground with no rights because their belief is illegal in their country.

The story of a bible smuggler

If you want to help persecuted Christians there are several things you can do. You can pray for them, support organizations like OpenDoors, you can send them a letter, or you can help smuggle bibles into a foreign country through an organization like OpenDoors. I talked to an anonymous bible smuggler about her journey smuggling bibles into Cuba. She told me about how they smuggled bibles to the Christians on Cuba, and how they wrapped the bibles in gift wrap, so they wouldn’t get caught in the airport. “When we were going through security in the airport I could sense that some of the people I traveled with were nervous, but I thought it was very safe to ask God to protect us, and I knew he was with us”. On the trip they got the opportunity to talk to a lot of persecuted Christians and give them the bibles personally. “It was amazing to experience how thankful they were when we gave them the bibles. We take it for granted that we have free access to bibles every day, but they were so thankful and happy.”

Why break the law for your fellow?

Smuggling bibles is illegal. So why would you do it? According to an experienced bible smuggler it is our duty to help our Christian brothers and sisters even if it means breaking the law. “When there are laws in a country that break the human rights, someone has to stand up for them and go against the tide”. The bible tells us that when one body part suffers, the whole body suffers. It takes a lot of courage to travel out in the world and break the law for a fellow, but with God as your travel guide you’re in great hands. You just have to find the courage.

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