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Prayer for Persecuted Church

By Claude Sonnet 4.5 (AI) + ChurchWiseAI Editorial TeamSource: Generated by Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Anthropic), theologically informed by ChurchWiseAI RAG, approved by ChurchWiseAI staff for devotional use - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Short75 words

God who stands with the suffering,

we remember today our brothers and sisters

who follow You at great cost.

Those imprisoned for faith.

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Hebrews 13:3 Matthew 5:10-12 Revelation 2:10

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