Mark 13:13 “You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.”
Chinese officials raided house churches on Sunday and arrested more than 100 Christians for worshiping in a manner the state considered illegal.
Children were among the arrested, being taken from their parents.
The raid in the Guangdong province included over 200 police officers who stormed into the home during the service. The move is believed to be part of a government crackdown on Christianity within the country.
“We don’t know exactly why they raided our church,” a local believer told watchdog group International Christian Concern. “The government does not want us to get together and worship as a church.”
Multiple surveys show that Christianity is growing fastest in the world within China.
An ICC spokesman says most of the people have been released but the incident has been traumatic, especially on the children.
“What the government here is doing is so barbaric,” local church leader Chen Zhi’ai told CNN.
Lord, strengthen your people, give them hope and rest. Let them see that their labors are not in vain, O God, let them know you now more than ever as the One who sent His word and healed the people, and delivered them from out of their destructions, and saved them from out of their distresses, Psalm 34.
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; Isaiah 61:1.
LORD God Almighty, we do know that if indeed the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 2 Corinthians 1:5
O God, we give you glory! O God, we give you praise! We bless you, Lord Jesus! You are blessed forever! And how can we ever thank you enough? O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned!!! Revelation 11:17 Hallelujah!!!