NEPAL: Choose To Be Joyful
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🗓️ 4 December 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
"Pastor Chitria" has been arrested multiple times for his ministry work in Nepal. He says such treatment is an honor and a privilege!
Pastor Chitria talks about preparing believers to stand strong in the face of Christian persecution. He says new Christians preparing for baptism must answer seven questions, including whether they are willing to lose their family, friends and even their freedom to stand for Christ.
Hindus believe there are more than 330 million gods—yet radical Hindus in Nepal see Jesus as a great threat to their life and culture. Pastor Chitria shares one unique challenge Nepali Christians face when one of their fellow believers dies, and how it is used to pressure new believers to renounce their faith in Christ.
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| 0:00.0 | When things don't go our way, we can complain, or we can choose to be joyful through the |
| 0:09.8 | power of the Holy Spirit. |
| 0:12.2 | When Pastor Chitriah was arrested in Nepal, he was tempted to complain in grumble, but |
| 0:18.9 | he realized that his fellow believers in Christ were watching him, so he chose joy. |
| 0:27.5 | It sounded like this. |
| 0:29.8 | It's honor, the privilege for me to be a part of Jesus' suffering. |
| 0:35.7 | So if then also I learned that if I murmured, then what example I will give to my disciple? |
| 0:42.0 | If you complain about it, what are they going to say? |
| 0:44.6 | So I had to sit there and pray and sing and read the Bible and share with the prisoners |
| 0:51.3 | who were in the custody. |
| 0:53.5 | So I was sitting with them, so my disciples saw that, and they were encouraged. |
| 1:00.0 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. |
| 1:03.3 | In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. |
| 1:06.8 | He sent them out as sheep among wolves. |
| 1:09.7 | Jesus' words came true in the life of the apostles, and they're still coming true today |
| 1:14.4 | in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 1:16.8 | Join host Todd Nettleton's, we hear their inspiring stories, and learn how we can help. |
| 1:21.7 | Right now on The Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. |
| 1:24.3 | Welcome again to The Voice of the Martyrs Radio. |
| 1:26.4 | My name is Todd Nettleton. |
| 1:27.6 | We are in our studio today in Bartlesville, Oklahoma with the man we are going to call |
| 1:32.2 | Pastor Chitriah, and he is from the nation of Nepal. |
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