Christians: Prepare for Persecution
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The Voice of the Martyrs
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🗓️ 3 July 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Floyd Brobbel has been involved in ministry to persecuted Christians since birth! Today he leads the work of VOM – Canada, the ministry founded by his parents 50 years ago.
Listen as Floyd tells the story of his first trip for VOM, and a Christian woman in Ethiopia that permanently changed the way Floyd thinks about Christian persecution and what it means to be part of the Body of Christ.
Floyd will also tell of his experiences as a child and young man with Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, VOM's founders who were both imprisoned for their faith in communist Romania. Floyd knew the Wurmbrands were spiritual heroes, but he also saw their playful side as people and friends.
Brobbel will also tell about his new book, Trouble on the Way: Persecution in the Christian Life (affiliate link).
You can learn more about VOM Canada—and Canadian listeners can subscribe to the ministry's free newsletter, at www.VOMCanada.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Floyd Brobel says every follower of Jesus should prepare to be persecuted. |
| 0:06.5 | Jesus told us in this world you will have trouble. So if we prepare for financial trouble where |
| 0:12.4 | we try and save money, we try and invest for our future, we have a retirement savings plan, |
| 0:17.6 | we have pull all these things together, we have medical insurance, we have car insurance, |
| 0:23.5 | so we prepare for all this trouble. Why would we not take the time to prepare for persecution? |
| 0:30.8 | Because the Bible tells us that it will come. |
| 0:34.8 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told us disciples that the world |
| 0:40.5 | would hate them. He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus' words came true in the life of |
| 0:46.5 | the apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 0:51.7 | Join host Todd Netletons. We hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on |
| 0:57.2 | the Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. My name is |
| 1:02.2 | Todd Netletons and we are connected today online with Floyd Brobel. Floyd is the CEO of Voice of the |
| 1:09.4 | Martyrs in Canada. He is also the author of a book, Trouble on the Way, Persecution in the Christian |
| 1:17.3 | Life, their website, by the way, for Vioam Canada. If you are one of our Canadian listeners, |
| 1:22.8 | V-O-M-Canada.com, Floyd, welcome to Voice of the Martyrs Radio. Hey Todd, thanks for having me. Glad to be here. |
| 1:32.0 | Well, I am looking forward to our conversation. I want to start out with a story. You've |
| 1:37.0 | you have been in this ministry for a long time. You actually in some ways were kind of born into it, |
| 1:42.5 | which we'll talk about in a minute. When I say, tell me in the story of a persecuted Christian, |
| 1:48.4 | who comes to your mind? Who is it that you've seen or one of the people that has really inspired |
| 1:54.1 | your faith or inspired your walk with Christ? The one person that comes to mind immediately is, |
| 2:00.0 | and I don't even know her name, and I met her in a situation that many of us listening to this |
| 2:08.8 | would consider pretty dire. She was part of a village just outside of this city called Bahadar, |
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