INDIA: God Answers Prayer that Fellow Pastor Would be Arrested
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The Voice of the Martyrs
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🗓️ 21 February 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
After months in prison for sharing the gospel with Hindus, Pastor Paul's health was failing. He offered a desperate prayer: he asked God to allow another pastor to be arrested who could come to the prison and encourage Paul.
"Lord, arrest one pastor and bring him to be in prison so we can have fellowship."
God answered Paul's prayer, and four days later, he read in the newspaper that a pastor had been arrested. Two weeks later, that pastor was with Paul in the prison, and he brought him great encouragement: "My church has been praying for you!"
After his fellow pastor arrived to the prison, Paul says his tired faith became, "like concrete." They began to pray together in prison. Soon, other prisoners were asking for prayer. The two pastors would often raise their hands in prayer, claiming spiritual victory. When prison guards asked what they were doing, the two pastors said, "We are praying for you!"
The two pastors had the opportunity to pray with 70 other prisoners who came to them asking for prayer and to know more about Jesus. One of those was an American prisoner named Daniel. He went to India on a quest for spiritual enlightenment; inside that Indian prison, Daniel found what he sought—in Christ.
You'll also hear how the Lord moved pastor Paul's wife to bring his bail application to the Supreme Court, and how God answered their prayers that a specific judge would hear his case.
Hear how you can pray specifically for Pastor Paul, including that all charges against him will be dropped, and go to www.PrisonerAlert.com to learn how you can pray for other persecuted Christians still imprisoned for their faith.
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| 0:00.0 | Pastor Paul was imprisoned for sharing the Gospel of Jesus in Northern India. |
| 0:05.0 | While in prison, Pastor Paul was beaten. |
| 0:08.0 | He had to sleep by a disgusting toilet, |
| 0:11.0 | and he was mocked and tormented by guards and inmates. |
| 0:15.0 | Yet after all that mistreatment, Pastor Paul still prays like this. Father God, thank you for giving me the wonderful opportunity to go to the prison, |
| 0:24.6 | to preach the gospel to the prisoners. They were suffering there. |
| 0:28.6 | Nobody is taking care of them, oh Lord. There is no one listening to them, |
| 0:32.6 | but you took me there to listen to their pain and anxiety and pressure. |
| 0:36.6 | Father God, I humble myself for giving me that great opportunity. |
| 0:41.3 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. |
| 0:46.3 | In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. |
| 0:49.3 | He sent them out as sheep among wolves. |
| 0:52.3 | Jesus' words came true in the life of the apostles, |
| 0:55.7 | and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 1:00.0 | Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help. |
| 1:04.7 | Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. |
| 1:07.3 | Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. My name is Todd Nettleton. I want to tell you, |
| 1:11.4 | if you didn't hear our program last week, please make sure and go listen. You can listen online at |
| 1:17.1 | VOMRadio.net. You can find Voice of the Martyrs radio wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 1:22.8 | Last week's episode was part one of my conversation with a guest that we're just going to call Pastor Paul, |
| 1:29.2 | and we're going to hear part two this week. |
| 1:32.2 | Last week we heard how Paul traveled to one of the states in India where officials have |
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