“Take her furniture, and search the house for Bibles!\u201d said the commanding guard. Tears filled Mrs. Lu Ying\u2019s eyes as she watched four Communist guards ransack her home.
\u201cI found it!\u201d yelled the guard. But just as the guard held out the Bible to give it to his commanding officer, Mrs. Lu Ying bravely grabbed it back from him.\u00a0
\u201cThis book contains all I need to know about my dear Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and I do not want to part with it,\u201d she said passionately while holding her Bible close to her chest.\u00a0
\u201cTake her outside,\u201d yelled the commander. \u201cWe\u2019ll see how long she wants to hold on to her book about Jesus.\u201d\u00a0
The four Communist guards took Mrs. Lu Ying into the street, mocked her, spat on her, and beat her until she could no longer stand. \u201cDo you still believe in your book of myths?\u201d laughed the guards.\u00a0
Through a swollen, bleeding mouth, still holding her Bible, Mrs. Lu Ying repeated her statement of faith.\u00a0
The guards grabbed an iron bar and smashed the bones in her hands, causing her now crippled hands to lose their grip. The Bible fell to the street and was confiscated.\u00a0
Nearly twenty years later, a mission courier delivered Mrs. Lu Ying a Bible. Her eyes filled with tears. She clutched it with her deformed hands and whispered, \u201cThis time I\u2019m not letting go.\u201d
Christians have the unchanging certainty of God\u2019s Word to back up their beliefs, and they know that God\u2019s Word is truth. We cannot afford to handle the Bible carelessly, though others come against us with all their might. Are you as tenacious in holding to God\u2019s Word as you hold to other valuable possessions in your life, such as money or your reputation? Let all else slip from your grip; yet hold onto God\u2019s Word at all costs._
You 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":"
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