2020: “The Most Exciting Days”

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🗓️ 4 January 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Ekman is VOM’s vice president for international ministry, overseeing VOM’s work to serve and stand with persecuted Christians in the 70+ countries where they are persecuted. This week he’ll help us look ahead to 2020 and equip us to pray for persecuted Christians—and for VOM workers who directly serve them—in the New Year.

Jonathan will talk about persecution response, including specific examples of what VOM’s work looks like and how it is carried out inside hostile and restricted nations. He’ll talk about specific places where the need for VOM’s work is increasing, including India, China and Iran. He’ll also talk about how VOM’s staff members think about risk as they work in hostile and restricted nations—and what kind of people he’s looking for to join VOM’s international ministry team.

To help you pray effectively for persecuted Christians in 2020, request your free copy of VOM’s newly-released 2020 Global Prayer Guide.

Listen to Jonathan’s message—previously broadcast on VOM Radio—entitled “The Gospel Wildfire.”

Transcript

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0:00.0	Are there times when you feel overwhelmed with bad news from around the world?
0:05.8	As we enter a new year, it may be tempting to think that things will just get worse and worse and worse.
0:16.5	Jonathan Ekman leads VOM's international ministry work around the globe and he has a much more encouraging outlook. These are without question the most exciting days to be alive in the history of the church.
0:26.8	There has never been a time like right now and I'm confident that was true in 2019 and I know it'll be true in 2020 that God will continue to move
0:35.4	in the earth. Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact he told his
0:42.4	disciples that the world would hate them. He sent
0:45.4	them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus's words came true in the life of the
0:50.0	Apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the
0:54.3	world. Join host Todd Nettleton's we hear their inspiring stories and learn how
0:58.8	we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network.
1:02.4	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:02.6	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:04.8	My name is Todd Nettleton,
1:06.0	and we're in our studio in Bartlesville, Oklahoma
1:08.7	today with Jonathan Ekman.
1:10.8	He is the Vice President of International Ministry here at the Voice of the Martyrs.
1:15.2	He has been our guest previously and we also shared a message from him called the Gospel
1:21.2	wildfire.
1:22.4	I would encourage you to go to VOM radio.net and
1:25.4	listen to that message. Jonathan, happy new year. Welcome back to Voice of the Martyrs
1:30.2	radio. Thanks Todd, it's great to be here. I know we want to look forward in
1:35.3	our time together today but I want to start by looking back so let's look back to
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