{"id":30946,"date":"2021-01-28T09:15:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T08:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=30946"},"modified":"2021-01-28T09:15:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T08:15:48","slug":"i-dont-want-a-coward-for-a-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=30946","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I don&#8217;t want a coward for a husband&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sabina Wurmbrand reached over and pinched her husband\u2019s arm. \u201cRichard,\u201d she said fiercely, \u201cstand up and wash away this shame from the face of Christ. They are spitting on his face!\u201d*<br \/><br \/>\u201cIf I do so,\u201d Richard Wurmbrand answered, looking intently at his wife, \u201cyou will lose your husband.\u201d\u00a0<br \/><br \/>Her eyes bore into his. \u201cI don\u2019t want a coward for a husband.\u201d\u00a0<br \/><br \/>They sat in a Romanian national congress on religion shortly after Communist soldiers had stormed their country. The assembled Christian pastors, priests, and ministers of all denominations stood, one by one, and spouted praise to Joseph Stalin and to the new Communist leadership, who had put thousands of Christians in prison.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>As Richard stood to speak, many were thrilled to see that this wellknown pastor would join their cause. But instead of praising the Communists, he praised Jesus Christ as the only path to salvation. \u201cOur first loyalty,\u201d he told the gathering, \u201cshould be to God, not to Communist leaders.\u201d The gathering was broadcast live across Romania, and thousands across the country heard Richard\u2019s challenge.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>Realizing the damage Richard was doing, Communist officials rushed (to) the stage. Richard escaped out the back door but was a hunted man from then on. He would later spend fourteen years in prison.<br \/><br \/>Most of us will probably never be challenged to make our stand for Christ in front of an entire nation. But we are all called to make a stand for him wherever we are each day. It is not the size of the witnessing audience but the sincerity of our stand that matters. Our lives may not depend on what we say. But our jobs may depend on our decision to voice our convictions. It may mean losing a relationship. It may even mean estrangement from our families. In any case, it is far better to endure the consequences of our convictions than to regret their noticeable absence. When and where will you seize the opportunity to take a stand for Christ today?<br \/><br \/><strong>I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. Romans 15:19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25aa\ufe0e By <strong>Voice of the Matyrs<\/strong> (vom.com.au)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sabina Wurmbrand reached over and pinched her husband\u2019s arm. \u201cRichard,\u201d she said fiercely, \u201cstand up and wash away this shame from the face of Christ. They are spitting on his face!\u201d* \u201cIf I do so,\u201d Richard Wurmbrand answered, looking intently at his wife, \u201cyou will lose your husband.\u201d\u00a0 Her eyes bore into his. \u201cI don\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5772],"tags":[2848,2849,2850],"class_list":["post-30946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-faith","tag-coward","tag-sabina","tag-wumbrand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30946","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=30946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}