When a brother who works with the underground north korean church asked what American Christians could pray for, for them:
“They answered, ‘You pray for us? We pray for you!’ When I asked why, they responded, ‘Because Western Christians often put so much faith in their prosperity and political freedoms that they don’t know what it’s like to have to depend completely on God. And because of that, they often do not get to know him in all the ways he invites us to.’”
A brother who was put in concentration camp says being a Christian in prison is far from a pitiable situation. “It’s like seminary,” he says. “I prayed for others daily. My faith grew by leaps and bounds even as my body decayed.”
“North Korean believers always tell me not to pray that they would be removed from persecution but that they would be faithful in the midst of it—and that we, too, would be fully faithful to God in the midst of our own situation, which is often the persecution of prosperity, that is, the ability to be insulated from suffering rather than taking up our cross daily as well.”
We should pray in anyway the Holy Spirit leads us, but we must understand in the underground Church around the world they do not want to live a “suffering-free” life, that is not freedom to them, rather Freedom is suffering but having joy and peace and eternal life!
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“Christianity was birthed in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and will only continue as we have this empowering from above. God is always looking for the willing vessels that will trust Him afresh for the impossible.” from: Principles for the gathering of Believers under the Headship of Jesus Christ.Since 2012, a growing group of believers in North America started to warn of coming persecution to western countries. This message was shared in a variety of ways. One of the responses to this was to compile a book taking principles from underground Churches around the world of how they thrived under pressure and persecution. The volume, Principles for the Gathering of Believers, had in a short time over 50,000 downloads in ebook format and much interest was shown. Some new house churches started through this and other existing groups were encouraged.