Guest post by Precarious Yates
[easyazon-image align=”right” asin=”B008P7U3RA” locale=”us” height=”160″ src=”http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51crMb0BCgL._SL160_.jpg” width=”107″]In the second book of the Revelation Special Ops series there’s a portion where several of the characters undergo some serious persecution. Much of what’s written was inspired by what many courageous Christians go through on a daily basis right now. For some, the decision to give their lives to Christ is a life or death decision. But we shouldn’t mourn this. We should pray for them, yes, and we should work as we can to change their situation so they can spread the Gospel in their nation, but let’s also consider their blessedness. Jesus said we’d be blessed if we are persecuted. It’s hard to see suffering in a positive light, but it makes sense through Jesus.
I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of His resurrection and participation in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. Philippians 3:10-11
Bio: Precarious Yates lives in Texas with husband, daughter, dogs, chickens, rabbit, lizard and by the time you read this some other exotic creature my husband or daughter has brought home. She had studied the plight of and worked toward the abolition of modern slavery for over a decade before sitting down to write Revelation Special Ops. She was further inspired by the work of her sister-in-law, Desirea Rodgers, who helped to found Love146, and organization that works to raise awareness about human trafficking and builds safe homes in vulnerable regions.
Yates spent several years overseas as a missionary in Ireland, and also did missions work in India and the Philippines. Her passion for literature has become her means of further educating young adults of the realities of modern slavery, while producing hope through the power of Christ Jesus in us.
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