Interceding for Persecuted Christians [ Meet Agnes A Survivor Abducted by Bokoharam]

Hebrews 10:33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. Meet Agnes AGNES, A SURVIVOR OF ABDUCTION BY BOKO HARAM “We were working in the fields of our farm when armed men approached us. They kidnapped three of us. They later killed my two friends. I am the only one living.”AGNES, A SURVIVOR OF ABDUCTION BY BOKO HARAM What’s life like for Christians in Nigeria?  Agnes was only a teenager when Boko Haram kidnapped her. Life in the camp was horrific. “They forced us to work hard for them,” Agnes remembers. “They kept pushing us to denounce Christ. I was given to a woman who was married to one of the fighters. In secret, the woman was still a Christian. She told me to fake it. That if these people forced me to denounce Christ, I should say yes, but deep down within me I should hold on to Christ.” You might not blame Agnes if she had questioned where God was through her ordeal. But despite the horror, she found herself recalling over and over a song her father taught her and her siblings. “When my siblings and I grew up, we were sometimes very worried that people would attack us,” she says. “At those moments, my dad sang this song to us: ‘God will never forsake us. God will never abandon us. Even when there is suffering and persecution, God will never leave us.’” Agnes eventually escaped the camp after two years, but coming home was not easy. Thankfully, Open Doors partners have been supporting her with trauma counselling, and they are helping to end the stigma that surrounds young women who’ve suffered like Agnes. Let's pray O merciful and ever faithful God, by your outreached arm of signs and wonders, let victory and freedom be given to all abducted Christians worldwide in Jesus’ name. Amen Join our international WhatsApp platform for daily Bible verses & prayers. Follow the link below to join. https://chat.whatsapp.com/BEub7VOhrBo7NRAHHFB9FZ