If you mention the word China or Chinese these days, the most frequent thing that comes to mind is the COVID 19 virus and the impact it is having on a world wide scale. It can be easy to overlook or minimize other pressing issues originating from that part of the world when we are all being affected by a costly pandemic.
My daughter recently brought another matter to my attention that is of the utmost importance and I felt compelled to share about it in this post. There is increasing persecution aimed at the church in China causing many to flee for their safety. See more details concerning increased persecution of Chinese Christians in this article by Caleb Parke of Fox News and also the short video clips from Fox News.
My daughter is an online teacher and she teaches English to children in China. She is also friends with some of their parents on a Chinese social media app. She has noticed recently that some of them have removed Christian images such as Noah’s Ark and church pictures from their site.
Please pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ that they will endure. Pray for their little ones. Pray for open doors to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. The Chinese Christians that are being jailed for their faith are memorizing scripture because even though they are held captive, ‘they can’t take what’s hidden in your heart.’
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it.
{1 Corinthians 12:26}
Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
{2 Timothy 2:9}
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
{Ephesians 6:12}
Author: Lydia Hodge
Lydia Hodge is a wife and mother of three. She serves as a registered nurse in the CVICU where she helps mend broken hearts. She came to faith in Christ after the death of her father in the 90’s. Shortly thereafter, she began to have dreams and visions. She has a passion for the prophetic and believes God has called her to minister during the Final Act of this age of grace.
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Definitely will pray Lydia! 🙏🏻💝🙏🏻💝. The persecution continues to increase dramatically for Christians in China. Have met a few Christians from China. The stories they share are heart-breaking & almost impossible to imagine for many of us who have experienced freedom of religion throughout our lifetimes.
Saw two interesting alerts on Steve Quayle’s websites tonight that are about China
1st Alert – Overall state of affairs in China & Hong Kong – https://www.stevequayle.com/index.php?s=33&d=2480
2nd Alert – Explanation of “Agro-weaponized Trojan” seeds sent to U.S., Europe & Canada – https://www.stevequayle.com/index.php?s=33&d=2481
Strange times.
Thank you for praying Expat Gal. Thank you for sharing those alerts. My husband has been telling me about the seeds people are receiving. These are indeed strange times.
Expat Gal the 2 separate articles (Steve Quayle re Overall state of affairs in China & Hong Kong are good to read- informative for the hr the world finds itself in). 2nd alert – Agro-Weaponized Trojan seeds sent – wow. ! amazing what lengths they will go to
Yes the Chinese Christians need prayer.. many of them have gone underground for a long time ..I cannot imagine what it must be like to live under the CCP regime within your own native country ..but I believe it is a sign of things to come if China desires to take over other countries as well. Control…China have certainly been active in the South China sea recently.& Pacific region .Australia is concerned about their growing influence in the region.. Aust. defence minister Maryse Payne flew to USA: has had meeting with Mike Pompeo..re the situation US & Aust. finds themselves in; in these times. Geo-political tense.times.
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2020/july/chinese-government-orders-low-income-families-to-abandon-their-christian-faith-or-lose-financial-aid?cid=EU_CBNNEWS-20200720-PROD_DM53271&bid=1024748822&inid=7BF49BB3-4D9D-4E4F-AA07-D064A7D12125
Thanks for sharing anonymous. This is exceedingly sad.😪
I lived in China for 5 years. The Chinese communists do not distinguish between Catholics/protestants/Evangelicals. To them Christianity is a foreign idea that needs to be destroyed or controlled. Anyone who the Chinese suspect of having Christian sympathy will be affected.
Thanks for sharing. This is so sad. 😪
https://www.wnd.com/2020/08/police-tell-christians-cannot-believe-god/
“One of the church members who was interrogated told Bitter Winter an officer said they “could not believe in God in China.
‘We don’t break any law by believing in God, but the government treats us this way. The government wants to eliminate all religions and threatens us with the future of our family members, forcing us to give up our belief. It’s really shameless,’ the said the church member, whose name was withheld for security reasons.
Christians report that officials have threatened to demolish their homes if they hold meetings there.”
Pray to God to humble the pround. Decree the relevant officials to kneel to the ” name above all names “.
Thanks for sharing that expat Gal. I wish more attention could be brought to their plight. It truly grieves me.
Lydia, yesterday I read an article concerning the precious children in China and the persecution of Christian families and all I could do was weep. Thank you for bringing this to us as a reminder to pray for divine protection for those we too often forget!
Thank you Stacey.