ERITREA: "Everything Costs a Price"
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🗓️ 18 June 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Helen Berhane was tortured then imprisoned in a metal shipping container in the African nation of Eritrea. But in spite of terrible persecution she kept singing praises to God!
In 2002, the Eritrean government banned evangelical churches from holding public worship services – forcing Christians to meet illegally, in secret. Helen and other believers did not stop meeting, and it wasn't long until she and many other persecuted Christians were imprisoned. Helen had intentionally prepared herself; she was ready to stand firm in her faith for Christ even in the face of the persecution she knew was coming. Everything, she says, has a price, including following Jesus.
Listen as Helen shares how she prepared for her trials and the Bible verses that encouraged her even as she was held in the harshest of prison conditions. God's presence continued to strengthen her to deny herself, stay disciplined and even gain a better understanding of Jesus' suffering.
Helen would cry – not because of the situation, but because of her experience of the unconditional love of God. And through it all, Helen chose joy and kept on singing. Instead of worshipping in the front of the church or in the spotlight, she worshipped simply in the presence of God.
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| 0:00.0 | Helen Berhanni was imprisoned and tortured in Eritrea because of her faith in Jesus. |
| 0:06.4 | While confined to a metal shipping container, she discovered that singing worship to the |
| 0:11.3 | Lord completely changed the way she viewed her situation. |
| 0:16.6 | It also made a big impression on those guarding her. |
| 0:20.0 | They say, what is this inside the metal shipping container sing? |
| 0:26.1 | But they know the military, before they go to war, they sing, they know the power of |
| 0:31.4 | song. |
| 0:32.4 | So, it's very powerful when you go to war, you need to sing and to win. |
| 0:41.8 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. |
| 0:45.0 | In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. |
| 0:48.6 | He sent them out as sheep among wolves. |
| 0:51.4 | Jesus' words came true in the life of the apostles and they're still coming true today |
| 0:55.9 | in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 0:58.8 | Join host Todd Nettleton and we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help. |
| 1:03.6 | Right now on The Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. |
| 1:06.3 | Welcome again to The Voice of the Martyrs Radio. |
| 1:08.8 | My name is Todd Nettleton. |
| 1:10.8 | You're going to want to get a cup of coffee and pull up a chair and spend the next half |
| 1:15.3 | hour with us. |
| 1:17.0 | We have a special guest today and we commonly have amazing believers here on Voice of the |
| 1:22.3 | Martyrs Radio, but this is a, I think it's going to be an extra special half hour and |
| 1:27.5 | so like I say, pull up a chair, get a cup of coffee, sit down and really soak in the |
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