New Report: Persecuted Church Leader & Pathway Learning Student in China
By Steven L. Childers
A recent report from the underground churches in China, requests prayer for “preacher Dai" and his family who have been under house arrest since September 29, 2022 and are being accused by government officials of being “counter-revolutionary cult members.” He reported that officials have conducted three DNA tests of his family in the last week and are becoming increasingly aggressive with his family members.
Dai wrote that he and his family “feel weak and powerless in the face of years of house arrest, confrontation, and persecution,” and he asks us to pray especially for his family’s protection. He also asks us to pray for the officials who are harassing him and his family – especially one official who has been monitoring them for months, called “Sun.” He writes, “Pray for Sun’s heart to be softened from his hatred and rage against Christians and his bondage to the lies he has been told about believers.”
Preacher Dai, who is taking Pathway Learning training in Chinese, recently wrote and recorded a new tune for John Newton’s hymn used in the course, “Let us Love and Sing and Wonder”, and he posted his audio recording inside his course to encourage other church leaders in China. Below is the page of Preacher Dai's recent Pathway Learning course where he uploaded his audio of John Newton's hymn to his new tune. The Chinese and English versions of the hymn and his audio recording are below.
Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder, by John Newton
1. Let us love and sing and wonder
Let us praise the Savior’s name
He has hushed the law’s loud thunder
He has quenched Mount Sinai’s flame
Refrain:
He has washed us with His blood
He presents our souls to God
2. Let us love the Lord Who bought us
Pitied us when enemies
Called us by His grace and taught us
Gave us ears and gave us eyes
Refrain
3. Let us sing though fierce temptation
Threatens hard to bear us down
For the Lord, our strong salvation,
Holds in view the conqueror’s crown
Refrain
4. Let us wonder grace and justice
Join and point to mercy’s store
When through grace in Christ our trust is
Justice smiles and asks no more
Refrain
5. Let us praise and join the chorus
Of the saints enthroned on high
Here they trusted Him before us
Now their praises fill the sky
Refrain
6. Yes, we praise Thee, gracious Saviour
Wonder, love, and bless Thy Name.
Pardon, Lord our poor endeavor
Pity for Thou knowest our frame
Refrain
Click here to listen to Preacher Dai's recent audio recording he uploaded to his Pathway Learning course.
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