PETR JASEK: God Opened the Door

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🗓️ 31 March 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

From the first days after his arrest in Sudan, Petr Jasek repeatedly said, “God is the One who holds the key to my cell.”

Jasek, a Czech citizen, is VOM’s Africa regional director and he was just released after 14 months in prison in Sudan. In this third and final part of our conversation with Petr, he shares about how he stopped praying to be released from prison and simply focused on fulfilling the Lord’s purpose for him inside prison walls.

Listen as Petr shares what it was like to hear the judge announce that he was sentenced to life in prison, and the verse he read from Psalms moments before he found out God would be using the key and opening Petr’s cell door.

Petr will also share—from his personal experience—how we should pray for Christians in prison, and for their families who sometimes suffer more than the prisoners. You will be challenged to think about what it means to wait on the Lord as you hear Petr share how, after 445 days, God set this captive free. (Listen to all three parts of our conversation with Petr to hear the full story of God’s work in his life during his time in prison.)

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0:00.0	Peter Yasik visited Sudan as a staff member for the voice of the martyrs.
0:05.8	He met with believers to see how he could encourage them and assist their churches.
0:11.2	But Sudan's Islamist government put Peter in jail and falsely
0:16.0	accused him of being in the country for other more sinister reasons.
0:20.9	I was charged with articles like espionage or treason or supporting the rebels with ammunition
0:30.3	sentence for espionage and treason. This was the death penalty.
0:35.0	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:39.0	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:43.3	He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
0:46.1	Jesus's words came true in the life of the Apostles,
0:49.1	and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world.
0:53.0	Join host Todd Nettleton's, we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help.
0:58.0	Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network.
1:01.0	If you've missed the last couple of weeks of VOM radio, I hope you'll listen at
1:05.2	VOM Radio.net and hear the story of Peter Yossick. He's a VOM staff member who was
1:12.0	just released after a 14 month imprisonment in Sudan.
1:17.0	Those conversations are also available through your favorite podcast app on the VOM radio podcast. Over the last couple of
1:25.7	weeks we've heard about Peter's experiences being locked in a small cell with
1:30.5	radical Muslims and even ISIS fighters.
1:34.0	These fellow prisoners would demean him and beat him.
1:38.0	We heard how scripture would come to Peter's mind
1:42.0	and how the Lord sustained him in his suffering.
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