{"id":26892,"date":"2020-06-28T18:31:21","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T17:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=26892"},"modified":"2020-06-28T18:31:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T17:31:21","slug":"the-prisoner-who-refused-to-yell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=26892","title":{"rendered":"The Prisoner who refused to yell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Siemens lay on the grimy floor of a Russian prison after being unconscious for three days. He had been arrested for sharing the gospel with children. His fellow prisoners had horribly beaten him in return for being promised parole by the guards. As they attacked him, Peter remained silent.<br \/>\nSeeing that he was conscious, one of the prisoners asked, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you scream as we beat you?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI wondered if you were beating me just for your own sport, without the approval of the guards,\u201d Peter answered through bleeding lips. \u201cIf so, and I had yelled, you would have been punished for prison misconduct. I did not want you to suffer, because Jesus loves you, and I do, too.\u201d<br \/>\nPeter\u2019s elegant declaration won the hearts of the hardened criminals in his cell. They sent word through the prison grapevine that no one should touch him, regardless of where he was transferred or what incentives the guards offered.<br \/>\nPrisoners waiting to be executed at the prison heard Peter\u2019s story and sent word asking for his help. Peter responded, and through sympathetic guards, he shared with them the story of Jesus\u2019 love. Some of them may have accepted Christ before their execution because of Peter\u2019s ministry. His living example of Christ\u2019s love brought a significant opportunity to others. Those who would have never heard otherwise received the gospel message.<br \/>\nThe spoken word can be powerful. A well-timed word of counsel, love, or encouragement can go miles when someone is in need. But what about when someone is spiritually needy? Peter Siemens\u2019 words were motivated by his love for Christ. That love enabled him to courageously speak of Christ\u2019s love to his enemies at a time when they needed to hear it most. Peter was obedient to God\u2019s leading, and God used Peter\u2019s words to change many of his fellow prisoners\u2019 eternal destinies. Did God use someone\u2019s words to lead you to Jesus? When God calls you to tell someone else about Jesus, will you obey him at that time? Consider the eternal difference your example and words can make.<br \/>\n<strong>A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Proverbs 25:11<\/strong><br \/>\nYou can read more through The Voice of the Martyrs\u2019 app available on iTunes (https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/prayer-calendar\/id432550884?mt=8) or Google Play (https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.persecution.prayercalendarhd)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Siemens lay on the grimy floor of a Russian prison after being unconscious for three days. He had been arrested for sharing the gospel with children. His fellow prisoners had horribly beaten him in return for being promised parole by the guards. As they attacked him, Peter remained silent. Seeing that he was conscious, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":26893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5772,5777],"tags":[1597,1766,1767],"class_list":["post-26892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-faith","category-features","tag-prison","tag-russia","tag-siemens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}