Our Brothers' Keeper
By George Thurlow
As we go to sleep tonight
Do not forget to pray
For Christian brothers in bondage
Imprisoned for their faith.
Pray that they'll be comforted
In their loneliness and despair;
That the Holy Spirit would minister
Through our intercessory prayers.
Forget not our brethren
With imperiled lives
And daily persecution
Never free of strife.
Who refuse to deny the Savior
Even to the point of death:
Who glorify the King of Kings
With their last full ounce of breath.
Pray for those imprisoned
Seeing not the light of day,
Torn from church and families
Beaten and hid away.
Pray for their broken bodies
Their suffering and their pain.
Pray for their persecutors
Like Saul their lives be changed.
Be thankful by the grace of God
We still have liberty
Don't take it all for granted
Put off all apathy.
For someday we might find ourselves
Persecuted too:
Our Bibles confiscated
And only silent empty pews.
