IMPRISONED IN CHINA: God is With Me Anytime, Anywhere
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🗓️ 13 February 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Cheng Jie, whose English name is "Esther," was the wife of a pastor in China. She and her husband had discussed the idea that he could be arrested and go to prison for his Christian work. They hadn't believed that she would be targeted by the communist government. But in 2014 she was called to the police station for a "meeting" about the school Esther was running. The meeting with police turned into Esther's arrest and two years in a Chinese prison.
At the time of her arrest, Esther's sons were aged 3 and 1. Listen to her share how they were affected by her arrest and imprisonment—and even the challenges after she was released and returned home.
She'll also talk about how God enabled her to have a ministry in the prison—and even the prison guards saw the difference her ministry made.
While she was in prison, Cheng Jie was among the prisoners featured on VOM's web site that enables Christians to write letters to prisoners. Listen to hear her speak directly to those that prayed for her and wrote letters to her while she was in prison, and advise how we can pray for Christians in prison today.
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| 0:00.0 | If you knew you were locked in a room with a convicted murderer, what would you do? |
| 0:05.6 | You might be tempted to keep an eye on them, or to keep your distance, or just to never make eye |
| 0:11.9 | contact. A woman named Esther was imprisoned for her faith in Jesus in the People's Republic of |
| 0:18.5 | China. Officials at the jail intentionally put her in a cell with murderers and other hardened |
| 0:26.4 | criminals, but Esther didn't back away from them. I just asked the police as why you all |
| 0:32.7 | put these people around me, but they say, hey, we know you can have them. |
| 0:37.1 | The official thought Esther could help these hardened criminals, because they saw that the |
| 0:43.5 | love of Christ was in her. Yeah, I remember. My first time was the others' faith in the jail. |
| 0:51.8 | Literally washing their feet. Yeah. They feel so so surprised like that. Nobody can do that for them. |
| 1:02.0 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told his disciples that the world |
| 1:07.6 | would hate them. He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus' words came true in the life |
| 1:13.5 | of the apostles, and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the |
| 1:18.2 | world. Join host Todd Nettleton. We hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right |
| 1:23.9 | now on the Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. My |
| 1:28.6 | name is Todd Nettleton, and we are in our studio today in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. You know, sometimes |
| 1:34.8 | on Vom Radio, we talk about a website called PrisonerAlert.com. It is a website where you can write |
| 1:42.7 | letters to Christians who are in prison for their faith in Christ. Today, our guest is somebody who |
| 1:48.4 | was on PrisonerAlert.com, who was a prisoner for Christ in the nation of China. Our guest is |
| 1:56.0 | Chung Ji. We will use the English name Esther to talk with her, a former prisoner for Christ in |
| 2:02.8 | China. Esther, welcome to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. Thank you. I'm glad I'm here. We are |
| 2:09.5 | glad that you're here as well. You know, as I have been reading your story, I understand in China, |
| 2:16.5 | your husband was a pastor, and you and he had talked about the fact that he might be arrested. He |
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