CUBA Pastor's Wife: "God Removed My Fear"
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The Voice of the Martyrs
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🗓️ 6 March 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
As a teenager in Cuba, "Maria" encountered the book Tortured For Christ, written by VOM's founder, Pastor Richard Wurmbrand—when she was told to burn the books before Cuban authorities could find them and arrest her father!
Today, Maria and her husband, "Pedro," help VOM serve persecuted Christians in Cuba and other Latin American nations. Listen as they share a recent experience when Cuban authorities issued an arrest warrant for Pedro, and how Pedro and Maria experienced the prayers of Christians around the world in that time of pressure and trial.
Listen also to learn how Cuban pastors are pressured by communist authorities, and whether or not anything changed for Cuban Christians after the death of Fidel Castro.
Bonus content: This is release week for the new book, When Faith is Forbidden: 40 Days on the Frontlines With Persecuted Christians, written by VOM Radio host, Todd Nettleton. We've posted the first two chapters of the audiobook version into the podcast stream. Listen to: Departure Day: Preflight Checklist and Day 1: Beyond Our Control.
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| 0:00.0 | So my family doesn't want me to go to Cuba, and they say, aren't you afraid? |
| 0:06.0 | And I tell them, no, what can they do to me? |
| 0:09.0 | I tell them, if they send me to prison, well, good, because I'll be famous for being in prison for Christ. |
| 0:16.0 | Just like the apostles, I've seen how they died, and so the fear left. |
| 0:21.0 | I think God did it so that I could do this job, because we have also gone to Columbia, |
| 0:26.0 | and I was not afraid there. |
| 0:28.0 | And when I went to Chiapas, I was afraid, but God took that away. |
| 0:34.0 | And one of the leaders said, we don't want anything from the Pope, we don't want anything from Obama, |
| 0:38.0 | and nothing from Castro. |
| 0:40.0 | And we're not asking for persecution to be removed. |
| 0:42.0 | We just want people to pray so that we remain faithful. |
| 0:47.0 | Jesus never promised His followers an easy path. |
| 0:50.0 | In fact, He told His disciples that the world would hate them. |
| 0:54.0 | He sent them out as sheep among wolves. |
| 0:57.0 | Jesus' words came true in the life of the apostles, |
| 1:00.0 | and they're still coming true today in the lives of His followers around the world. |
| 1:04.0 | Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help. |
| 1:09.0 | Right now on The Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. |
| 1:12.0 | Welcome again to The Voice of the Martyrs Radio. |
| 1:14.0 | My name is Todd Nettleton, and we are in our studio today in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, |
| 1:19.0 | with two people who have served greatly, and over a long period of time, |
| 1:24.0 | served The Voice of the Martyrs to help us serve the persecuted Christians in the country of Cuba. |
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