DAILY READINGS: Ezra 9; Daniel 10; Revelation 5
The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace
be with you. Amen. Colossians 4:18
In many parts of the world today, those who are faithfully following
in the footsteps of their Lord are persecuted and delivered to
prison. Some are made martyrs and their family members taken
away. Others flee from their oppressors in fear, their properties razed
to the ground and their possessions seized. Your footprints may not
be theirs, but let us remember their bonds and pray for them today.
—K. C. Ung
Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease,
While others fought to win the prize,
And sailed through bloody seas? —Isaac Watts