Pastor Wayne Cordeiro of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii shared his personal accounts about his visit to China. He admired the authenticity, fervor, and passion of Chinese Christians standing to their faith even being faced with strong persecution from Chinese authorities. Pastor Cordeiro also had the chance to compare and share his observations about Churches in America and that of the Chinese Churches. Do you want to know the huge differences? Watch the video below!
Pastor Cordeiro went to Hunan Province to train church leaders. There were 22 attendees and many of whom rode by train 13 hours to get to the event. This gathering was held secretly in a hotel room. They all sat on a hardwood floor as he taught all day long, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with no air-condition! Are you able to withstand such?
Wayne Cordeiro and the Chinese Underground Churches
Chinese Churches Compared American
“You guys rode a train for 13 hours to get here. In my country, if you’ve got to drive more than an hour, people don’t come. You sat on a wooden floor for three days. In my country, if people have to sit more than 40 minutes, they leave. You sat not only here for three days on a hard wooden floor, but you did it without air conditioning. In my country, if it’s not padded pews and air conditioning, people don’t often come back,” he continued. “In my country, we have an average of two Bibles per family. We don’t read any of them. You hardly have any Bibles, and you memorize them from pieces of paper.” – Pastor Wayne Cordeiro
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In late October, the pastor of one of China’s best-known underground churches asked this of his congregation: had they successfully spread the gospel throughout their city? “If tomorrow morning the Early Rain Covenant Church suddenly disappeared from the city of Chengdu, if each of us vanished into thin air, would this city be any different? Would anyone miss us?” said Wang Yi, leaning over his pulpit and pausing to let the question weigh on his audience. “I don’t know.”Click Here to continue reading
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WWE Wrestle Mania draws huge crowds and is a very popular sport. Inside the so called squared circle, Sean Michaels has faced-off with legends of wrestling icons like Bret Hart, Hulk Hogan, Andre The Giant, The Undertaker, and many more, yet the man known as Mr. Wrestle Mania met his greatest match outside the ring.
“The showstopper,” “The Heartbreak Kid,” “Mr. WrestleMania,” are just a few names and titles given to WWE Superstar Shawn Michaels. He wore them proudly as he climb to the top of pro wrestling. But Shawn also became known as a troublemaker and that got him fired from the WWE. Then he turned to drugs and in the company of drug addicts! But that has change when Jesus found this man! Watch Shawn Michaels testimony in an interview with CBN Pat Robertson.
Shawn Michaels Testimony
“Michael Shawn Hickenbottom, better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American professional wrestler, actor, and television presenter. Regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers in history, he is known by the nicknames “Heartbreak Kid” and “Mr. WrestleMania”. ” Wikipedia
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Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Psalm 127:3-4
Do you need inspiration? Watch this 4 year old Kanon Tipton as he preach to their congregation. He was featured together with his parents on NBC’s The Today Show to talk about the young preacher’s amazing talent. Whe his father was asked whether he thought Kanon has a true calling for ministry or if he was merely mimicking what he had seen from others, Kanon’s father, Pastor Damon Tipton, answered: “I think it’s a little of both … I do feel like the hand of God is on him in a special way.”Kanon is the third generation of preachers in his family, following in the footsteps of both his father and grandfather. Glory to God! Preach it young man!!!
How do you encourage yourself in times of trials, problems, and persecution? Would rely on your physical, emotional, or mental strength to get through? Would you ask people around you? What is your first step of finding solution? Watch this video and gain insight from a Biblical perspective on how to get through in times of trials and testings.
Bible References: 1 Samuel 30: 1- 6:
“And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
2 And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
5 And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
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For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.(Romans 6:23)
You’ve got to watch this video “Letter From Hell“:
A YOUNG MAN’S LETTER FROM HELL Script
The following is a dramatic presentation. It was written by a fictitious High School Student named Josh, to a friend named Zack.
Although Zack had every opportunity to tell Josh about Jesus… he didn’t.
They were best friends. They played soccer together. They went to classes together. They partied together. They shared their lives with each other.
But there is one thing Zack held back from Josh… his personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
The rest of the story is simple and sad…
A few too many beers… A tragic drive home… A crash… a death, a funeral… A Letter
Here is that letter… A letter from Hell.
Dear Zack,
I died today. It’s a lot different than I expected. You see, I always thought that dying would bring me to a world that is foggy and hazy. But this place is crystal clear… It’s even more real than my life on Earth.
I can think. I can talk. I can even feel.
Right after the wreck I could feel my spirit leaving my body. It was the weirdest thing, Zack. I thought I heard you screaming out to me, man. Must have been just imagining things.
At first I was just standing in line, getting registered I guess. They asked me for my name…and began to look in this thing they called the Book of Life.
I guess they couldn’t find it though because this huge angel standing next to me grabbed me by the arm and started dragging me away. I was terrified. I had no idea what was going on. I asked the angel where he was taking me, but he didn’t answer. So I asked him again…
Finally, he told me that only those, whose names were written in the Book of Life, could enter into Heaven and the rest would be condemned to Hell forever.
Man I was scared. The angel threw me into some kind of holding cell. Where I’ve been sitting and thinking for a long long time. Do you want to know what I’ve been thinking about?
I’ve been thinking about YOU.
Zack, You’re a Christian. You told me so yourself. I mean we talked about it three different times today.
Kelly brought it up and you laughed it off. Coach Adams brought it up and you changed the subject.
I mean, it came up right before the wreck. Well the question I can’t get out of my mind is this, Zack. Why haven’t you ever told me about how to become a Christian?
You say you are my friend, but if you really were you would have told me about this Jesus and told me how to escape this terrible place that I’m headed for.
I can feel my heart pounding in my chest, the angels who have been chosen to cast me into hell are coming down the hallway. I can hear their footsteps.
I have heard of this Hell. They call it the Lake of Fire.
I can’t stand it, Zack. I am terrified. No! The angels are at the door. Oh no, no! They’re coming in and they’re pointing at me. They’re grabbing me and carrying me out of the room.
I already can smell the burning sulfur and brimstone. I can see the edge of the cliff where Hell burns.
This is it. I am without hope.
We’re coming closer, closer, closer. My heart is bursting with fear. They’re holding me over the flames. I am damned forever.
This is it. They are throwing me in. Fire, Pain, HELL.
Why Zack? Why didn’t you ever tell me about Jesus?
Your friend, Josh
P.S. Wish you were here.
Don’t Bother
don’t bother me with souls to save i have my own agenda there’s school to do, sports to play, important stuff to attend to. Don’t bother me with my friend at work, he’s got his own religion,i dont have time to change his mind.He’ll make his own decisions. Don’t bother me with that little girl playing in the street.She’s much too young too understand. That the savior she could meet. Dont bother me with the sounds i hear, the sounds of people shrieking, although i wonder who they are.Who are these victims screaming? Don’t bother me with who they are,i really don’t want the blame. Cause its my friend at work and that little girl. Who from hell,screamed out my name.
BIBLE VERSES ABOUT HELL
“Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 10:28
“If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell, where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.” Mark 9:47-48
“And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone.” – Revelation 19:20
“Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’” – Matthew 22:13
“Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.” – Jude 1:7
“And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.” – Revelation 20:10
“But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, You fool! will be liable to the hell of fire.” – Matthew 5:22
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From a Facebook Post:
Dear Friend, Don’t be deceived. God will wipe away sinners. You can be afraid when you read this, but it’s a true warning from God. Christ is angry with the world because of sins, and you still preach about love. He would agree with you preaching love. But he would want you to preach the consequences of sin. Did you think christ is happy with sins. The more human sin, the more Christ is beating. Our sins is beating him Everytime.
So flee from it. I don’t only preach about love of God.
I preach repentance because he send me to. Repent dear.
God is loving. But that won’t stop your judgment, only you knowing the sin and flee from it, will save you from judgement.
Do you think Christ is happy as they are falling like this into hell because of sins?.
You can preach God love and follow God love.
But without you Repenting and flee from it, my dear judge is in the front waiting.
