Cuba: Help Us Remain Faithful

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🗓️ 17 June 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The United States and Cuba have diplomatic relations after more than 50 years of animosity. President Obama recently visited Cuba. But has anything changed for the church or for Cuban Christians? Pastor "Jose" is a Cuban church leader, and he'll share this week a reminder that Cuba is still a communist nation and that our Christian brothers and sisters there are still persecuted. But Jose also has exciting news: Cuba's Christians are not afraid of the government or persecution and they are boldly sharing the gospel. House churches are being planted and are growing, in spite of efforts by the government to exert control and instill fear in believers. We'll also welcome back to the studio "John and Mary," working among Muslims in Europe, to hear how persecution happens even to Muslims living in free nations in Europe. Mary also offers advice to people sensing God's call to missions.

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0:00.0	If you could talk with anyone in the whole world about a problem you face, who would you choose?
0:06.7	The pastor of an underground church in Cuba has an interesting answer to that question.
0:12.1	A worker at the United Nations wanted to help relieve
0:15.0	some of the persecution this pastor was facing and this UN worker claimed to be
0:20.8	very well connected. A friend named brother Jose tells the story.
0:25.6	This person from the UN told this pastor, in 24 hours I can talk to Raoul Castro.
0:32.0	And I can talk to Raoul Castro and I can talk to Pope Francis too and I can talk to Obama as well.
0:37.0	How can I help you knowing that I can talk to them?
0:41.0	You know this pastor's answer reminds all of us that God is more powerful than any
0:45.8	human leader. He reminds us of the power of prayer.
0:50.5	And the pastor said, we don't need Obama's or Pope, Francis, or Raoul Castro's help.
0:56.0	What we need is for you to pray so that God will help us to remain faithful.
1:01.0	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
1:05.0	In fact, he told us disciples the world would hate them.
1:08.0	He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
1:11.0	Jesus' words came true in the life of the Apostles and there's still
1:14.6	coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world. Join host Todd
1:19.2	Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs
1:24.9	radio network. Welcome to the Voice of the Martyrs radio. My name is
1:28.6	Todd Nettleton and we're going to be talking today with a man. We're just going to call him brother
1:33.7	Jose. He is a Christian leader from Cuba and we're not going to go into a lot of
1:39.0	detail about his background or exactly what he's doing. But we are going to talk about the church in
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