God help China

[allenehatherell12]

''God Help China'' was written on an email that came round to us all at work, warning us of the potential shocks expected as far south as Shanghai on the day of the earthquake in Chengdhu. Its now a week later and there has been a 3 minute silence at 2:28pm this afternoon to acknowledge when the quake struck and the enormous loss of life. 5 million are displaced, millions are directly affected, over 30,000 now feared dead, 700 schools in one city alone flattened, all students gone. In an instant. In one road you can see houses untouched and then another row gone...how? corruption and greed. Building and buisness practice in general is driven to make profits, lives are cheep. To cheat and get away with it here is admired. Clever buisness man. Of course many will die, but not the ones who are guilty. The government will have a very public display of arresting the criminals...middle mens heads will roll as usual and the corrupt officials will remain as always, above the law. Comfort is that they are not above Gods Law. None of us are. Photos have graphically been displayed on the news....small hands thrust through the rubble, still clutching their pens. The corruption, the greed, the one child policy and standard no-permission needed sterilisations, done on millions of women across this country without their knowledge, means an entire generation is gone, and most likely unlikely to be ''replaced'', even by this political dictatorship.
The olympics? do not even get me started on that one...this country cannot expect God to help them...when the vast majority worship the God of money and excess. How can they expect God to help when they persecute His church and deny His exisitance over and over again, allowing a 3 self government sanctioned church to blossom that cosies up to Islam and the pope and has women preaching in trousers in the pulpit, from a ''message'' Bible, and monies are collected and spent on further persecution of the Church....how can God help China? God has revealed to the world His power yet all I hear is about Mother Natures wrath...we seem to be in awe of the creation and ignore the creator. Same sex marriage, cloning of a cow with human cells in UK 2 weeks ago, sections of the church now saying Islam is OK, the denial of Christ more and more in our society as the new tolerance eats away at our values and our morality, as we are told there are many ways to reach God...as if we ''reach'' Him by some tower of babel....a tower just like the one I can see when I look at the Shanghai skyline. The tallest building in the world is almost complete, it has clouds around it most days!! and it worships? money!! its the world bank building. Such conceit and pride washes this nation. God help China? I do not think so...not unless they call out for Him and turn away from their false Gods of money and pride.
Please pray for China, that as they call out in their distress, God will hear their cries and send a comforter. Pray for the strength of the workers in the field who spread the only message of hope: Jesus Christ, often at great risk to their lives. Persecution is real here and it is harsh so protect them Lord as they labour for you. Please pray for the mothers wailing for their lost children, pray this country will hear the Word of God freely and that people will turn to Him and find comfort. Please pray for China. Amen. Sister Allene <><

[Tammy]

I was so stunned to hear of the destruction and loss in China. Sooo many souls sent into eternity in an instant, and where did the vast majority go? I shudder at the thought.

Pastor Oto recently mentioned during a sermon that he had taught his children that earthquakes (which are frequent here) are one way that God shows His power. Indeed!

I will pray for China.

[SisterNancy]

China is very dear to my daughters heart. since she was 5 years old (she is now 18) she has stated that she was going to be a missionary there. We pray for China every day! I have no idea what God has planned.

when she was 5 we homeschooled and had a world map on the wall. everyday she would say, "Mommy, I am going to be a missionary for God right here" and would point to a spot on the map. Every single time it was china! I prayed it would not be so knowing the danger there. She still has that desire and wants to be there.

I have cautioned her etc.. she knows the dangers and the law there etc. like I said who knows what God has planned.

[allenehatherell12]

Dear Sister Nancy,
China is a vast incredible land and has so much darkness upon it. In the dreadful earthquake alone, 7000 schools were demolished with almost complete loss of life. The numbers of homeless...over 5 million is staggering. It is a nation driven by the god of idolatory, materialism and in particular money!! but there are amazing people here of course, all made in His image...I have a group of woman i teach each week, they take 3 hours to get here to my home and back...and are so thirsty for the Word, its a delight and an honour to work with them. I worship with a small fellowship, made up partly of teachers who are from Bob Jones University. Over the years I have seen many of these young people go out into the interior, working in dangerous places with great depravation. For example, in Harbin the winter tepmperature can go to 40 below and they have ill fitting windows and no heating and the ever present danger of government persecution that is ill reported in the west and has not ceased. Much in authority within the church in the west would have us believe China is now open, religion tolerated but it is not, it is only tolerated if one allows compramise. The denial of the supremacy of God and the Holy Spirit and Christs sacrifice on the cross and his return...so its not Christianity!! however...you can work here very safely if you are sensible and stay close to the Lord, not taking silly risks that would inevitably have you deported after a few days in jail, a beating perhaps but home ward bound, but have brothers and sisters dissapear, those left behind routinley tortured, imprisoned and to endure unrelenting hardship, loss of homes, income and schooling. There are some wonderful books by Hudson Taylor, the missionary from UK who set up the China Inland Mission in the 1800's. His books ae inspiring and a must for anyone desiring to serve here. A good one to begin with is ''The Scriptural Secret of Hudson Taylor'' by Dr & Mrs Taylor (his son and wife) crammed ful of scripture, its very uplifting and encouraging. Such a man of God. I love China and will return here I think, if it is Gods will for me to do so. To be successful in the field, you need to learn Mandarin, then can get a handle on a dialect in the region where God places you. I speak very little but can reach the lost because there is such a desire to speak English and I am a midwife which has protected me where the Lord has placed me from the eyes of the authorities. . .I do think I could have done an awful lot more for my Father though, if I spoke Mandarin. I hope all this has been helpful? if your daughter desires to serve the Lord here, a common route for women is to come as an English teacher, there is a great need, or as a nurse, teaching nursing. Those are popular avenues to gain a visa. If I can answer any more questions I would be delighted. God bless you and your daughter, as you work and serve for Him, Sister Allene <><

[SisterNancy]

Sister Allene, wow, my daughter is attending bob jones in the fall. She is going to be an english major. she wanted to do a missions minor but that was not available. I don't know why. anyway, I will have her read your post in the morning. And we will get a hold of those books!

[mitchell]

Dear Sisters,

We all do need to pray regularly that "the Lord of the harvest" will send forth laborers into the harvest. . for the harvest is ready in the fields and the laborers are certainly few.

I think people may be looking for a large marquee to appear in the sky reading "The Tribulation Is Here!", but that isn't the way it is. If one looks at the millions and millions on top of millions killed in the past one hundred years, by wars, the resulting starvation caused by wars and other reasons, natural disasters and other things, it is easy for me to think we might well be in "the tribulation of those days". Just the staggering disasters and tribulation that has occured in the last five years alone is mind-boggling - hurricanes, storms, earthquakes, floods, volcanoes erupting, huge tidal waves caused by earthquakes, wars, terrorist attacks all over the world - and all the other devastation that I might have failed to recall. If that's all not tribulation, I don't know what is. - I think we need to look up and watch and pray, for our redemption draweth nigh.

There are a lot of these "end-times" authors who are making a lot of money selling books, misleading people about all these theories about exactly what "has" to happen before Christ returns. The 24th Chapter of Matthew, carefully read, is pretty clear and should hold us in good stead as we face what has come upon the earth in these days. I believe Christ can return at any time, and it will be like the lightning flashing from the east to the west - and every eye will see. . with no excuse for following some "prophet" or the other into some compound in the desert or some cave in the woods in order to find, or see, Jesus Christ.

I am comforted with the words Christ used - "Fear not." I believe we need to look up for our redemption draweth nigh, while not becoming weary in well doing or in trying always to divest ourselves of worldly attachments to "things".

Wanda

[allglorytogod]

Please pray for China, that as they call out in their distress, God will hear their cries and send a comforter.

Praying all countries will help with clean water, food, clothing, doctors, medicine, housing, etc...

Praying they will hear the gospel ... that God will open eyes and ears and soften and change hearts