Thank God For Churches

We may not actually even think about it, but when we step through the doors of a church every Sunday morning, possibly Sunday night and Wednesday, we're experiencing a blessing larger than we can comprehend. Because when we just walked through those doors, we weren't arrested, we didn't have any fear of getting arrested or shot at, or killed, or even getting our faith tested. We went in, sat down in a pew, and listened to the sermon in peace.

It is a great blessing to be able to do this. In restricted nations around the world, they don't have the freedom to do this. Most meet in underground churches and hope that the police don't discover the presence of their illegal Christian gathering.

These nations include:

• In the Americas: Cuba, Chiapas (Mexico), and Colombia
• In Europe, yes, Europe (seeing as how one wouldn't of Europe as having religious persecution): Belarus
• In Africa: Mauritania, Nigeria, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Comoros, Ethiopia, and Somalia
• In Asia: North Korea, China, India, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, Tibet (China), Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh
• In the Middle East: Oman, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Afganistan, Jordan, and Gaza*

And these are but a few. So when you go to church today or any other day, be sure to remember to thank God for the ability to come and publicly worship.

*Source: persecution.com