ah
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why
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Oh
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during the Cultural Revolution in China
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the flame of hatred and bitterness
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burned hot at the same time a quiet
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stream of love and forgiveness struggle
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to quench the thirst of the faithful in
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1960 a few family started gatherings
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which had very few participants by 1967
00:37
these house church gatherings became
00:39
very widespread or aggravating Jaya the
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not have an old lady next door was a
00:44
devout Christian and I was drowning
00:46
against Christianity and one day she
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came over for a chat
00:51
she taught me to kneel and pray later I
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became a Christian in our first
00:56
gathering newer 3 to 4 people soon we
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had 6 then 8 on at times as many as 30
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people Luga bother all the meetings were
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held in secret
01:08
every time we met we prayed together
01:11
fervently of course we had to leave
01:14
right after the service to escape arrest
01:16
by the Red Guard and the militia even
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later on I mean being a twat hand order
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you
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a woman census lamento million for 30 or
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40 years we kept our house church alive
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in the beginning there were only my
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mother my brother and I later our
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gatherings grew to 7 then 8 then 10 and
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gradually more and more my mana your
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daughter Ella Shirley I saw her there
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in 1972 I received a letter from my
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brother-in-law who lived in my hometown
02:05
of Hearn and he said hurry up come home
02:09
soon
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he told me there were some young people
02:11
who wanted to devote their lives to
02:13
spreading the gospel when I checked it
02:16
out I found it was true so how did they
02:18
preach the gospel well during the day
02:21
they were hiding caves and orchards or
02:24
in barns after 10 o'clock at night they
02:27
will come out and find other believers
02:29
to pray with you there's so many radians
02:31
that you got sometimes we met in the
02:33
cornfield
02:34
sometimes we met in the graveyard those
02:37
were the best places for gathering in
02:38
prayer I remember there was a time we
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lived in an empty field for more than
02:43
six months Paul on tell no matter what
02:46
time it was even in midnight or dawn all
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I had to do was walk by someone's window
02:50
and call his name all of them got up
02:53
right away and contacted the others in
02:55
no time at all three rooms will be
02:57
filled with people with the end of the
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Cultural Revolution secret house church
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activities gradually came out into the
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open
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Oh
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after the death of Mao Zedong the
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Chinese people cheated by a false god
03:35
began to search for the true God
03:45
for the first time in their lives people
03:48
from the lowest levels of society came
03:51
face-to-face with God's unconditional
03:53
love with Christ's sacrifice on the
03:57
cross and with the knowledge that in
03:59
God's temple they had value and dignity
04:02
how could they not rejoice like everyone
04:06
who has received the most precious gift
04:08
in the world
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Oh
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it's a dollar job the first time I went
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to church I feel the atmosphere there
05:21
was really good I found true meaning in
05:24
life I found a piece that I never felt
05:28
before peace in the war so I can sleep
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without reservation I will follow God
05:34
for the rest of my life you are who you
05:37
who know a scene after the service my
05:39
soul felt especially sweet and joyful
05:41
Lord how wonderful it will be if we can
05:44
meet like this every day
05:46
I lay away for three nights overwhelmed
05:49
with joy I thought Lord what have I
05:51
received what am I so feel joy no money
05:54
I have no family
05:55
I have nothing and you know I was
05:59
absolutely sure that this joy came from
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heaven what's he know yes who was here I
06:04
didn't completely recover my health when
06:06
I found Jesus but there was a kind of
06:08
indescribable joy within me I didn't
06:11
know where it came from
06:14
I thought it over and over and I decided
06:17
it was best to follow Jesus my greatest
06:20
joy was there finally I found a meeting
06:23
of my life when I look back I'm very
06:26
happy I didn't choose the path of sin
06:29
the Chinese have experienced a great
06:32
deal of sin in this mortal existence but
06:36
never have they experienced the peace
06:38
that comes from forgiveness and baptism
06:41
by the Holy Spirit yeah nigga lost on
06:44
you the whole time the minister was
06:46
preaching I couldn't help crying I
06:48
really didn't understand why I was
06:50
afraid that other people might see my
06:52
tears so I tried to wipe them away
06:53
without anybody seeing me I kept my head
06:56
bowed and I listened to the sermon I
06:58
remember it was about repentance through
07:01
Christ's atonement for us so died I
07:03
always felt like I was the prodigal son
07:06
but the loss eternal love has not
07:08
abandoned me I'm so thankful that so far
07:11
I've been able to serve God who aren't
07:14
you hopeless - danga one thing I'll
07:18
never forget it was only through God's
07:20
grace that the wound inside me healed
07:24
further north ago when God came to
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he touched my heart and the power of his
07:30
message
07:31
what not the while ago merely way I knew
07:35
that he wanted to use me to help save
07:37
other people she walk you know what you
07:41
can use all kinds of hangers
07:50
and how amazing God's grace is he loves
07:54
each and every one of us I decided to
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devote my life to his service the single
08:00
out is only through the love of God that
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I can live a better life
08:05
it gives me a purpose and a reason to
08:07
live just as the Sun cannot stop shining
08:10
and seeds in spring cannot stop
08:13
sprouting these people answered a call
08:16
from deep in their souls they were
08:18
reborn through Jesus they could not help
08:21
but dedicate themselves to God and
08:23
become missionaries of the gospel how
08:37
fast time flies I have been on this path
08:40
for 16 years
08:42
Jang Jin Eun was born and raised in an
08:45
intellectual family when she decided to
08:48
dedicate her life to missionary work she
08:51
had a long talk with her father her walk
08:53
also awakened and create a nice and
08:55
healthy and he said to me you have three
08:58
choices if you like to continue your
09:01
education I will support you financially
09:04
if you'd like to keep on working as a
09:07
teacher I'll make all the arrangements
09:09
if you like a different job with my
09:13
authority and connections I can find you
09:16
a good one think about it I said I don't
09:19
want anything of that why not
09:22
he asked what else do you want I told
09:26
him I want to continue my work as a
09:29
missionary he gaves alongside Ching Ying
09:34
if you ever get tired and feel you can
09:38
no longer carry on please come back home
09:41
our door is always open to you is that
09:45
it even to me doing a chinois you show
09:47
what eyes if you are happy living with
09:49
your brothers and sister and choose to
09:52
do that for the rest of your love your
09:54
life please don't forget to write home
09:57
no matter how far away you are
10:05
my eyes were full of tears and I was
10:09
afraid to look up and my father then he
10:12
asked me one last time if I was sure I
10:16
wanted to leave I said yes I want to go
10:20
does any of this so he took out $30 and
10:24
said I don't have much money left picked
10:28
this with you for the role he needs
10:31
it's all right he'll be suppose my
10:34
mother used to to get me to come home to
10:36
she say what uses it all this traveling
10:40
so I tell her it was all for God's love
10:43
if I don't spread the gospel many other
10:46
people would answer his call but God has
10:49
planted the seeked in my heart he called
10:52
me and gave me this mission and
10:55
responsibilities and I can't refuse to
10:57
follow his will on the opening
11:22
this courageous girl grew up in a small
11:25
town but spent most of her youth in
11:27
caves and in jail there was a lot of
11:30
pain and also a lot of joy de- do you
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know God's love has Slean me onto this
11:38
path I was weak I was lost but I have
11:42
never regret my choice today Jang Jin
11:46
Eun and her husband are in charge of
11:48
training missionaries for house church
11:50
activities more and more people
11:53
including their families have begun to
11:56
understand and support them with the
11:59
company of your love we will keep
12:01
following your footsteps to the end of
12:03
our lives since the 1980s in mainland
12:07
China tens of thousands of devout
12:10
Christians like Jang Jin Eun have
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dedicated their lives to the Lord
12:16
from 1981 I completely devoted myself to
12:21
this path I left my hometown with
12:23
several other girls and went by bicycle
12:26
now foot to more than 10 counties nearby
12:28
in every village we talk to people we
12:31
met on the street many of them were
12:34
really interested they never seen the
12:36
group of girls spreading the gospel a
12:38
lot of sick people were healed by the
12:40
power of her prayers every time we
12:43
travelled tens of thousands of people
12:45
became followers of Jesus this is how we
12:48
establish the cost churches conquer
12:51
showed us again in the beginning there
12:53
were miracles in every village we
12:54
visited many missionaries were gifted
12:57
with the power of healing we were able
12:59
to heal the sick with the touch of our
13:01
hands
13:03
Serrano a single we will visit a new
13:06
village we were saying in the yards of
13:08
farmhouses many neighbors would drop by
13:11
just out of curiosity we would teach
13:14
them about Jesus then if the villagers
13:17
said they would accept the gospel we
13:19
were kneel and pray together fine young
13:22
Katia every time there was a celebration
13:24
a wedding or a funeral we would beat our
13:27
drums and strike our gongs to spread the
13:28
gospel we used to put on plays skits
13:36
dances or tell Bible stories in order to
13:38
spread the gospel we spread the gospel
13:57
on buses trains and in the streets we
14:01
knocked on every villagers door we went
14:04
into their homes and told them all about
14:06
the good news is the gospel sit down
14:10
please everybody sit down
14:12
Papa pigeon we visited every corner of
14:15
our local area and spread the word after
14:17
it was established locally we traveled
14:19
to other cities and prophets and
14:21
distractions we've been to Xiang ji who
14:24
by a ninja who danielís back in 1980
14:28
and 1981 that was the golden era for
14:31
Wenzhou house church from the remote
14:35
regions of Xin Jiang from the desolate
14:37
land in the northeast the Papa we have
14:39
massive gatherings the Holy Spirit came
14:42
down upon us with abundance then in 1981
14:46
the government re-established the
14:49
three-self Church the good times were
14:51
over as soon as the government
14:53
re-established the three-self Church
14:55
house churches became illegal and it was
14:59
forbidden to spread the gospel in 1983
15:03
the government gave orders to arrest a
15:05
group of Christians who they labeled as
15:08
the gang of agitators what that would do
15:12
the I was arrested because they said I
15:14
belong to the gang of
15:15
taters what on earth did I edit eight
15:17
for did I incite people to overthrow the
15:19
communist regime did I announce that I
15:21
was against the one-child policy I would
15:23
not complain if I had but all I did was
15:26
shout Christ is Lord and for that I was
15:29
convicted of anti revolutionary
15:31
activities and thrown in jail for 15
15:33
years this former Red Guard leader found
15:37
understanding and comfort in Christ
15:40
Jesus didn't do anything wrong but he
15:42
was crucified on the cross I didn't do
15:45
anything wrong either during the
15:47
Cultural Revolution I was a fighter and
15:49
a destroyer of lives but I was treated
15:51
as a hero now I am a righteous man but
15:54
I'm considered a criminal
16:04
I'm a problem everyone who has been
16:06
jailed for speaking the truth please
16:08
stand and come forward being thrown in
16:11
jail is such a common occurrence that
16:14
these faithful brothers and sisters are
16:16
quite comfortable talking about their
16:18
experiences in Chains away so people the
16:23
persecution never stops there are always
16:25
some of us locked up some have been in
16:28
and out of jail more than ten times
16:30
right now we have 14 members in jail and
16:33
21 key members are on the government's
16:36
wanted list from accessibility we have
16:39
all suffered in jail to different
16:41
degrees there are about 40 of us three
16:44
members were arrested recently and they
16:46
are still in jail but in Ashley Hall you
16:50
pay by the day you didn't you Oh uncle
16:53
since the government started crackdown
16:55
the church in Hebei all the active
16:57
members have become wanted criminals
16:59
when they came to my home to arrest me I
17:02
wasn't there so they took my father
17:04
instead they openly shared what went
17:08
through their minds when they were
17:09
caught
17:12
should we die to tell you the truth I
17:15
was a little scared but God gave me
17:17
strength to overcome my fear so I guess
17:20
you could say I was well prepared that
17:23
yes it was creepy that's how big is he a
17:27
nut is suddenly the cops burst in to
17:29
arrest me but thank God after I was
17:31
handcuffed I calmed down and thought to
17:33
myself you're going to have to spend a
17:35
few more years in jail so just let it be
17:38
I felt very relieved my DA so after we
17:41
were arrested we were filled with joy
17:43
there were more than 10 of us and will
17:45
sing hymns in the police car the
17:48
policemen shout why are you singing you
17:50
have just been arrested we reply because
17:53
we got a free ride shell guy tried to
18:01
escape arrest but injured herself and is
18:03
now handicapped
18:05
Pyrus Alfonso salad I caught up to the
18:09
roof to escape but to my dismay there
18:13
was a policeman on guard
18:15
while we were struggling he forced me
18:18
right to the edge of the move then he
18:21
pushed me off when I landed I didn't
18:25
feel any pain but I couldn't stand up I
18:28
cry out to the sister help me help me
18:32
she came back and tried to pull me up
18:36
but just I couldn't my leg was broken
18:49
thank so that after this I'd lost all my
18:52
inner peace
18:53
Christian aku people why don't a police
18:56
arrest real criminals and live as
18:58
Christian alone later I pray for that
19:01
policeman he didn't know what he was
19:04
doing just as gold can endure refining
19:07
in the hottest fire true believers in
19:10
God can shine through the deepest
19:12
darkness
19:14
Xuanzang the friend of shale guy was
19:18
arrested three days before her wedding
19:20
day for her by a shot well - ah ha ha
19:24
they'd rather I was arrested on the 10th
19:26
of August and then sentenced to three
19:29
years in the labor camp my brothers and
19:32
sisters in Christ
19:33
including my fiance came to visit me the
19:35
next day everyone cried except me but
19:40
after they left I did go through a lot
19:42
of drug lling in my heart water washes
19:45
out there but then usual mail finally I
19:47
said to the guard guard the truth is
19:49
that I didn't commit a crime she agreed
19:52
when I said I'm innocent why did they
19:55
give me a 3-year sentence she said they
19:58
were afraid that I would follow the
20:00
wrong path come on I said because of
20:03
their fear I must pay with three years
20:05
of my freedom then she started talking
20:08
about how the laws were not perfect yet
20:11
lots of mala holidays yeah huh all that
20:15
time I struggled hard in my soul I paced
20:17
back and forth from one window to
20:19
another and kept asking Lord do you
20:22
really mean I have to suffer like this
20:24
for three years later it was Lord who
20:27
comforted me before my rest every day we
20:31
had bread talked and sung about nothing
20:33
other than the cross and the Bible but
20:36
when I was really walking on the same
20:37
path how come I still had to struggle so
20:40
hard I said lord I know you will help me
20:43
you will see that I don't spend these
20:46
three years in vain while she was
20:48
serving her sentence qincha couldn't
20:51
stop worrying about her fiance hi Shawn
20:53
was it you only let's at all Alessia us
20:56
yet sort of I kept sending notes - hi
20:59
son telling him not to wait for me we
21:03
were not that young anymore I didn't
21:05
want him to waste time waiting for me
21:07
three long years a little really gel
21:11
theaters I had them come here - no water
21:13
and no time to learn what you're
21:16
watching you soon after Tricia was
21:17
arrested
21:18
Uncle Sam asked me what I was going to
21:20
do if trench I had to spend three years
21:22
in jail well my family accept this maybe
21:25
I should consider someone else I told
21:27
him I will wait for her whether it takes
21:30
three years or even 20 years every month
21:35
on visitors day
21:36
hi some would travel hundreds of miles
21:39
by train to visit qincha Daniel a drill
21:43
drill harsh each visit was limited to 20
21:46
or 30 minutes
21:47
- never missed a visit and he always
21:49
brought a letter with him basil see he
21:52
right horn you boom tapia that I wanted
21:55
her to stop worrying about me I wanted
21:57
her to stop telling me not to wait for
21:59
her you hurt me I told her I would still
22:02
love her and marry her even when she
22:04
became an old lady with gray hair I
22:07
think I seen it hurt so loudly oh I know
22:11
I've never shown anyone these letters
22:14
they gave me great comfort it's a
22:17
naughty man Leo Judah I didn't feel too
22:18
bad during the time in jail I was happy
22:21
I told my brothers and sisters in Christ
22:24
God answered my prayers I went through
22:27
all the hard times with joy praise the
22:29
Lord
22:29
three months before the end of my
22:32
sentence I was released
22:33
Hisense Uncle Tom came to pick me up
22:36
hi-ho I'd also fooled how many Apache
22:38
pilot co-pilot wise young woman for a
22:41
doctor who I thought we both were burst
22:43
into tears but we didn't when we got
22:46
home a lot of brothers and sisters were
22:48
waiting for us
22:50
we were very emotional my family was
22:53
overjoyed my mother started to sob
23:06
well man I didn't expect it to happen so
23:08
fast I was released on the 29th of April
23:12
on the 3rd of May we were married the
23:14
brothers and sisters of our hometown had
23:16
arranged the wedding ceremony and we
23:41
know that in all things God works for
23:43
the good of those who love Him God told
23:46
me his plan in this verse sometimes I
23:49
wanted to blame God for what we had to
23:51
go through but at the same time a voice
23:53
within my heart would tell me don't
23:55
complain
23:56
God doesn't neglect anyone anywhere at
23:59
any time
24:00
he needs me outside Italia for leader
24:02
during the wedding everyone kept wiping
24:04
away their tears I couldn't stop smiling
24:07
though I was crying - tears of
24:10
thankfulness and joy I knew that God was
24:13
with me all the time I was in jail
24:15
Dilawar being forced to delay their
24:18
wedding only deepened the love between
24:20
this young couple
24:25
three years in jail strengthened their
24:27
faith and despite the three years of
24:31
torture their happiness and their
24:33
gratitude increased to all my sense and
24:44
DG halts at a maker shakily he I told my
24:56
to my to me yo changes to all my session
25:05
vici Nieto Sahay maker cerca de huaah my
25:13
way geeky Pumbaa
25:17
so Houcine wanna see she is you this
25:29
young
25:33
woman basi cheer - degrees Lanie you
25:44
wish it yeah why gentle 30 Heejun may
25:55
Olson one of the honey's Yahoo P may he
26:02
save on oh haha nice yummy
26:26
generation after generation Chinese
26:28
missionaries have struggled along a path
26:31
that leads to the cross the Chinese
26:35
government refuses to acknowledge them
26:37
and China's huge population doesn't
26:40
understand them around every corner
26:43
these missionaries encounter suffering
26:46
and imprisonment yet with no remorse and
26:50
no regrets they keep on their difficult
26:53
path
26:57
to move forward Sheila Helen hm my
27:00
father passed away when I was born my
27:03
mother died when I was only three years
27:04
old before I was eleven I never had a
27:08
pair of shoes or anyone to take care of
27:10
me it was a very painful life I couldn't
27:14
understand why I was born with such a
27:16
bad fate why was I born without parents
27:19
who cared for me how come other people
27:21
had good lives and I didn't if there was
27:24
a God why didn't he help this poor
27:26
suffering soul finally one day I was
27:30
desperate and ready to commit suicide
27:33
but I heard a group of people singing
27:36
who you was one year it was a cold bleak
27:40
night and I wondered who on earth would
27:43
find anything to sing about so I walked
27:46
towards the house someone saw me and
27:48
called out isn't that the homeless child
27:51
that has no family they took me inside
27:54
my child believe in Jesus he is the only
27:58
one who can save you they said then some
28:00
elderly ladies taught me how to kneel
28:02
and pray they put their hands on my head
28:05
and prayed for me with tears in their
28:08
eyes that night I accepted Jesus Christ
28:12
into my heart when the police & tongfu
28:15
County found out that there was a
28:16
fourteen-year-old boy who had become a
28:18
Christian they started searching for me
28:21
after hiding in a pit for seven days I
28:24
became really hungry and exhausted so I
28:27
climbed out of the pit to get a breath
28:29
of fresh air Just My Luck that a
28:32
policeman happened to be passing by he
28:35
arrested me there and then you are so
28:38
young but already you are an anti
28:40
revolutionary he said they denounced me
28:43
they tortured me and they starved me but
28:47
I thought to myself Jesus must be the
28:49
way of truth
28:50
otherwise why is the great Communist
28:53
Party so serious about it even a
28:56
homeless teenager like me is seen as a
28:58
threat Jing the orphan adopted by a
29:02
Christian became a missionary when he
29:04
was 19
29:05
another shugendo Josiah Bundy window see
29:08
at first I worked as a local missionary
29:11
after I got married I carried my child
29:13
on my back and started to travel to
29:16
different provinces to spread the gospel
29:18
I built a lot of house churches I was
29:21
filled with joy I paid no attention to
29:24
the humiliation the suppression the
29:27
poverty and all the arrests
29:38
bwah bah lord take pity on us we thank
29:43
you for choosing us we thank you for
29:46
your love we thank you for showing us
29:48
the path which leads away from this
29:50
imperfect world we thank you for
29:52
allowing us to share your burden so we
29:56
thank you for watching over your church
29:58
in China and for taking pity on your
30:01
church in China although the Chinese
30:04
Church has offered endless suppression
30:06
we see your presence in China God is in
30:10
charge here what Tsubasa omnia mundo
30:12
weed
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I became a Christian in 1983 and I've
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been working as a missionary
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ever since during that time I was thrown
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in jail four times three of which were
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in my own hometown and the other was in
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jinyang County dad honey you you halti
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turned out Oquendo I was badly beaten up
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sometimes the guards beat me and
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sometimes it was the other prisoners I
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remember vomiting blood lots of blood
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you got Shwa since the day the three or
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four of us sat in a circle and passed
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the bread around that night we cried for
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a long time we missed our families we
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missed the Lord
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once again within a yahoo I was jailed 8
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times for spreading the gospel one time
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a sister and I were handcuffed together
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around a pillar outside of the police
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station our feet weren't allowed to
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touch the ground at the same time when
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my feet touched the ground
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hers couldn't when hers did my couldn't
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hide that georgette banana Hedy your
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Jana Sena
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you did the other woman we hung like
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that for four hours until our hands turn
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black and blue pebble Jim Virginia who
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recalled ah they tortured me after I was
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arrested they beat my face and it was
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severely swollen again my skin was
31:41
burned by electric prods and about the
31:44
Guru call lanolin the guy hit my head
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and my body was electric prods I passed
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out and couldn't remember what happened
31:52
later sense of the Advanta she huh
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Oh I said I was struck by three or four
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cattle prods
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at the same time the guards hit me
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everywhere and timing up when a litter
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same condition it has been three years
32:04
since that happened and I still have the
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rope marks on my body doc when Konya
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saniana hyoyeon's Ohama shocked more
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than once while enduring endless torture
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and extreme hardship many missionaries
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raised questions to God he answered
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their prayers in various ways and
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without exception all the missionaries
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found inner peace
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what oak into a dog on order to achieve
32:36
me with I prayed to God to give me the
32:38
answer and he said to me I can tell you
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nothing that's my strongest memory
32:43
because it was during the darkest hours
32:45
of my life and God wouldn't answer me
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later I said to God even though you
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won't give me the answer I still accept
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all this with gratitude after I did that
32:56
my dark spiritual life was completely
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illuminated and revived what war was
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like that what I told the Lord that I
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was sprayed of going back to prison if I
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were jailed again you
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be the 11th time I told God at ahead
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enough of jail I was terrified my body
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couldn't take it anymore
33:15
watching day listening I heard a
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heartbreaking cry it was from Christ
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himself
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he cried out father why hath you
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forsaken me I heard his word so clearly
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they flew from the cross directly into
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my head in all at once I understood why
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Jesus wept with only 10k surgery only
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there and then I felt strong again I
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realized that the Lord had not abandoned
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me he wanted me to experience the cross
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yes we at Union College I was right
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Jesus told us if anyone would come after
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me he must deny himself and take up his
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cross and follow me
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so tell Korra what muita yah-hey doing
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what Tadashi lured him dozer I don't
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have any hard feelings for what I went
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through this is the same path our Lord
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Jesus walked down since the very first
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day I became a missionary I knew this
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path was the path across I was more than
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willing to take it no matter what I have
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suffered
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I have never blamed God the DUI I made
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the decision to follow God God found me
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and loved me what I went through was all
34:25
from God and I am filled with joy the
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government's persecution is no big deals
34:30
it's just a way of showing me God's
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blessing that's all
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you
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you
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you
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religion and politics must be separate
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because they believe in this principle
35:08
many Chinese Christians refuse to
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attempt the government-controlled
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three-self Church their house churches
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and missionary work are considered
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illegal by the government local
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government officials can arrest and find
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them under national laws that regulate
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religion therefore meeting and preaching
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in secret have become the only way
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Chinese Christians can survive
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however the degree of suppression
35:41
berries in China churches in window were
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the first to revive after the Cultural
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Revolution but most of the church
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buildings are destroyed
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churches in the nun were revived later
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but there are more martyrs and jailed
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Christians there than anywhere else
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although Chinese Christians do not
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oppose the government they are
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considered illegal because they will not
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renounce their faith they live
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righteously and faithfully under
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tyrannical rule the Chinese authorities
36:37
are completely mystified by the
36:39
increasing number of house churches
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coming butchered are my shorts honest
36:54
they don't understand they have no idea
36:57
what we have been doing so they call us
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anti-revolutionary in fact I think they
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know in their hearts that we were not
37:05
anti-revolutionary oh my god used in
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food and Eve we think that the reason
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the government try so hard to suppress
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us is because they don't understand what
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Christianity is about it son
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misunderstanding we don't hate the
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government the only wish we have is for
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everyone on earth to feel God's love to
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receive God's love son Barton woods away
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by the Kuomintang zoom through all our
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hardships God is training preparing and
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building his church in China it is a
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blessing for the Chinese Church we are
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praying for our leaders in China and
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also for those who suppress us we wish
37:44
them well they well yet time went on you
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honey
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only dead zombie any to any alien doll
37:50
we've been telling our brothers and
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sisters that we should show respect to
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every member and branch of the
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government it's God's commandment to
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respect authorities in China however
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Christians are not understood in this
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way
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our days here sir Lee Newton he's got
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you type in kengo ejo consenting to hear
38:12
: art okay Tom goes in the scene the
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worse in Chinese history such as the
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Taiping rebellion and the opium war
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damaged people's trust the government
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suppressed us because they are afraid
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that they don't understand our true
38:29
belief therefore as Christians in this
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country I think we should pray for our
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country's leaders and for everyone in
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authority Lord we are willing to risk
38:44
our lives in order to save our beloved
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country of China we want it Lord we ask
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you to bless our beloved country
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please bless this country with your
38:55
hands please bless this nation with your
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hands you have shed your blood for the
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Chinese people we thank you for bringing
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us your gospel and salvation in these
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last times we thank you for opening the
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door to your gospel in China your love
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has come to us it has come to the land
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of China you have loved our country and
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people since the beginning of time many
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people in China deny you they don't
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recognise you they worship all kinds of
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idols Lord today we repent for our
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country Lord
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please withhold your anger s'en whose
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heart loves God also loves his country
39:48
and his fellow human beings a person who
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is willing to carry the cross is full of
39:54
mercy such people may be badly
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mistreated but they still feel sweet
40:00
with love they may be imprisoned but
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their hearts are free they may be
40:06
despised but her full of gratitude
40:10
tahini Allen a Jewish young Horace any
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God's Spirit and his mighty power have
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been with me over the years to tell you
40:17
the truth I did go through a little
40:19
suffering for him I was homeless at one
40:22
time since I started following him I've
40:25
gained so much despite all the hardships
40:28
God's path is still very sweet to me
40:39
certain that Coulee may put your that
40:41
cool outside I don't feel pain when I'm
40:43
in pain
40:44
I don't feel hungry when I'm hungry I
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don't feel alone when I'm pursued and
40:48
put in prison
40:49
I don't feel depressed after I cry I
40:52
feel sweet my whole life has been saved
40:54
by God's love the legacy I don't wanna
40:58
put her sitting there without God's love
41:00
nobody can give up worldly possessions
41:02
and be his servants Jesus sacrificed
41:05
himself on the cross for us all we are
41:08
bound by his love and have no choice but
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to follow in his footsteps
41:12
whoo-hoo double congedo you're so
41:15
breaking that shit attack I can picture
41:19
the expression of pain on Jesus face
41:22
when he was ill safai on the cross I
41:26
will never forget what it says in the
41:29
Bible and the curtain of the temple was
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torn in two
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he did not do it himself
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you
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you
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you
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why is the cross an instrument of
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torture and a symbol of humiliation
44:52
become a symbol of peace and good
44:55
fortune
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the path leading to the cross is paved
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with suffering and sacrifice but why are
45:12
people who walk along it filled with
45:14
peace and joy why does suffering turn
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into happiness because of the cross
45:32
the answers all lie in Jesus he was
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nailed to the cross because of his love
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for man and he was resurrected three
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days later today he is living in heaven
45:45
in this world and in the hearts of
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everyone who believed in him
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yah
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just as Jesus announced his victory
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through the cross the faithful in China
46:18
are building the church through
46:19
suffering many hardships jail has become
46:24
the faith building training center for
46:27
missionaries in China suppression has
46:31
revived the spirit of the Chinese
46:33
Christians and never-ending arrests have
46:36
helped to build teams of people
46:38
spreading the gospel nationwide don't
46:42
you um and draw on it no the government
46:44
keeps on tracking us down and you're
46:46
arresting us we have no choice but to
46:48
leave home but everywhere we hide we
46:51
spread the gospel in the beginning we
46:54
didn't want to leave our homes but it
46:56
turned out to be just what God wanted if
46:59
it weren't for the persecution and that
47:01
arrests we probably won't have built
47:03
such strong team
47:12
Misaka wila okay I thought where didn't
47:15
you
47:16
we became homeless as we wandered from
47:20
town to town
47:21
we worked at spreading the gospel a lot
47:25
of brothers and sisters in the same
47:26
situation have gotten together yalla oh
47:29
yeah totally shillelagh wit Bob you and
47:31
I dig a deep hole
47:32
Chooch Allah when I escaped from being
47:35
arrested by the police I became a
47:37
full-time missionary I was forced to
47:40
leave my hometown but I continued to
47:42
spread the gospel wherever I went I had
47:45
been to a lot of places over the years
47:47
you don't get ivana credit once we
47:50
started to settle in one place the
47:52
police would come then we'd have to move
47:54
on to another town so bit by bit our
47:57
work has spread to many places
47:59
throughout the country every one of
48:03
these unexceptional farmers leads tens
48:06
of thousands of house churches and
48:08
millions of Chinese Christians in fact
48:13
there is an ever-growing number of house
48:16
churches secretly scattered in the
48:18
villages small alleys and streets of
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China
48:39
bless us with you abundant anointing we
48:43
ask you to pour out your spirit on this
48:45
land after visiting hundreds of house
48:48
churches what we know is only the tip of
48:51
the iceberg I don't know exactly how
48:56
many house churches there are in China
48:58
there are 97 in my district the onion
49:01
tien and a woman sits on her nine two
49:04
years ago our two families move here
49:06
from Honan to last act a bit 2008 that a
49:10
woman she doggone got let us treat a
49:12
drunk try in guanxi two years ago we
49:16
have built seven house churches there
49:18
we established four house churches
49:20
within four months of our arrival
49:22
Romans Yvonne we have been doing God's
49:24
work here in Sichuan for about ten years
49:28
the missionaries left their footprint in
49:31
every corner of this latest land and
49:34
many tears were shed having interviewed
49:38
hundreds of missionaries it's still hard
49:40
to imagine how successful they've been
49:42
without much education or experience
49:45
nevertheless they found ways to spread
49:48
the gospel
50:18
when spring comes gentle breezes flow in
50:23
sweet showers moist in the dry land with
50:26
abundance like springtime when radiant
50:29
glory is everywhere the gospel has been
50:32
spread all over China by the work of
50:35
these ordinary farmers there is no doubt
50:41
that it is due to the mighty power of
50:44
the gospel itself
51:07
joyful hymns of praise are raised in
51:10
every corner of this land from the coast
51:13
of the southeast to the border in the
51:15
northwest from the banks of some qua
51:18
River to the lan xang river
51:33
from small villages to major cities the
51:36
seeds of faith have grown in the hearts
51:40
of millions of farmers students
51:42
civilians and government officials
52:04
dodging oil fields a model district in
52:07
the Northeast set up personally by
52:09
Chairman Mel has been home for nearly
52:13
100,000 faithful Christians since the
52:16
1980s
52:31
Chiquita Latakia crowds of people came
52:33
to my home for Sunday service no matter
52:36
how much others made fun of me how can
52:38
an illiterate farmer like you teach
52:40
anything they sneered nevertheless my
52:43
congregation became too big to meet at
52:46
one time so we had to split in two then
52:49
three then four and then many many more
52:53
the tightening enable who are we are a
52:56
few black there are 21 districts within
52:58
the dodging area and each district has
53:01
an average of 150 house churches with an
53:05
average of 30 members each in other
53:07
words we have about 100,000 members
53:11
within this area and there are about 23
53:14
districts in the surrounding areas
53:18
at almost every major university such as
53:21
Beijing Ching hua shaman and food on
53:25
Christian students and teachers alike
53:27
meet regularly
53:42
the gospel has also spread to the tribal
53:45
groups in China it has brought faith and
53:48
dignity to the lives of people in the
53:50
farthest reaches of China
54:41
Thank You 90% of our village became
54:44
Christian between 1985 and 1989 woman
54:49
80% of our village has become Christian
54:51
there are very few people in our tribe
54:54
who aren't Christian I can preach in the
54:57
languages of the lisu tribe Galu tribe
55:00
and heyyyyy tribe I can also communicate
55:03
and sing in these languages
55:32
you
55:47
today in China there are countless
55:49
devotees hundreds of non-governmental
55:52
seminaries and thousands of Bible
55:55
training centers
56:00
these faithful Souls know they no longer
56:04
belong to a corrupt and evil world they
56:07
live to shed blood and tears even risk
56:10
their lives for the sole purpose of
56:13
spreading the love of their father in
56:15
heaven
56:48
you wanna I'm willing to devote my life
56:52
to sharing with everyone who lives in
56:55
paying and darkness that Jesus loves you
56:58
it's the true love of Christ cannot be
57:00
found and you place else we're here
57:04
today you gotta use it to walk oh yes is
57:07
the promise I have made to the Lord Lord
57:10
I will carry your cross and follow you
57:13
for it is the duty of your disciples the
57:16
hardships I've had are not sufferings
57:19
but true blessings from you I know this
57:22
is a long journey full of pain and tears
57:25
but I'm determined to follow your path
57:29
faithfully I'm thinking a solution
57:36
on what
57:43
Oh
57:45
what an amazing
57:54
your son
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what he called his son
58:23
baby
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Oh
58:48
you sound a little
59:23
you
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