In the Face of Persecution, What Will I Do? (Part V)
Pastor Wang Yi Shares His Prison Prayer Requests
I have now worked my way through these 14 “Resolutions” in five installments both here on the China Call Substack (with less commentary) and on the China Compass Podcast (with more commentary). Please continue to earnestly pray for Wang Yi and the other brothers and sisters in Chengdu.
Begin with Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV if you missed those in previous weeks. You can also read Pastor Wang Yi’s Introduction to the Resolutions here.
Final Petitions of the Prisoner
May the Lord bless me with so much reverent fear for him to the point where I am not afraid of any power that does not fear him.
May the Lord grant me peaceful resistance, positive perseverance and joyful disobedience in all matters of conscience, faith and the church, and in everything that relates to the flesh, and damage to external rights, may he grant me the power of patience and silence.
May the Lord remove the potential in this process to lash out in hate and resentment. May he have mercy on me and support me in my weakness when I am in isolation.
May the Lord help me so that from the day of my detention I will pray every day for all those in power related to my case, as well as officials in the police force, national security, the prosecutor’s office, the court and other government agencies.
May the Lord choose among them repentant and believing children and have mercy on their lowly souls. May [he] lead at least one of them to faith through this process, and give my heart great joy and comfort.
I also ask the Lord Jesus to remove the burden and concerns for my wife, family, the church, and everything else during my detention, so that I will entrust everything to the Lord, be faithful only to the Lord, and focus on practicing these fourteen resolutions as my longings for and service to my family, as shepherding and teaching my congregation, and as fulfilling my responsibility to the kingdom of God.
More on Wang Yi:
Who is Pastor Wang Yi? https://chinapartnership.org/who-is-wang-yi/
Faithful Disobedience (Book): https://a.co/d/7oNGPO4
Persecution is a Test (Sermon Clip):