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The glory of God, the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is with us. But right now we're going to pray for a really important part of the body of Christ, and we're praying for the persecuted church wherever you are. Come on, we got to pray for this glory, this power, this anointing to strengthen the persecuted
church. We're in the book of 2 Timothy, chapter 1, verse 7. For the Spirit of God does not make us timid, but gives us power. Love and self-discipline.
Father, we thank you that the Spirit of the Living God is over our lives. But at this hour, we want to redeem. We want to redeem everything right now. We want to see redemption like we've never seen it before. We want to see everything redeemed. Oh my God, in the name of Jesus. Lord, as our brothers and sisters, as they've got their faith under fire, strengthen the persecuted church. Wherever they are gathering right now, Father, we stand with the persecuted church, the hidden and the unheard. We believe, dear God, wherever they are gathering right now, the whispering prayers behind locked doors, we declare that the Holy Spirit fills them with power, love and self-discipline, strength, that no government, no prison wall, no threat can silence. No one can take the word out of their heart. No one can take the Holy Spirit away from them. No one, oh my God, in the name of Jesus, today we lift up the underground church, trusting that Christ Himself covers, protects, and empowers them. We believe, dear God, as the persecuted Christian runs for its lives, we believe that Bibles are getting in to those areas. We believe that no government can stop the Bible smugglers. We believe that no devil in hell can stop the word of God getting in to areas. We believe that there are regions where the Bibles are moving like never before. We believe through the secret church, the church that meets in secret, God sustains his people with supernatural endurance. Their faith is flourishing, and dear God, we pray that they will move as their faith is under fire. But we pray for the whispering church, we pray for the persecuted church, we pray for the believers that have been uh martyred, dear God. We pray for those that have been left behind, we pray for the families of the martyred church, we pray for, dear God, for those that have been separated because of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We pray, dear God, for the church, the underground church, that it is trusting in Christ Himself that covers and protects and empowers them. Lord, we believe that the fire of God is over them. God sustains his people with supernatural endurance and power. We thank you that their faith is flourishing under stress, that their faith, dear God, is moving, dear God. They are bold right now. Lord, give them boldness to walk in freedom. We believe that their faith, dear God, is building bridges. We believe right now that they are moving, Lord,
through their own glory, for their own power. Lord, we believe right now that the spirit of the living God, the same spirit that breathed into Jesus Christ, the same spirit that was with Christ in the wilderness, the same Holy Spirit that was hovering over the surface in the deep at Genesis chapter 1. We believe that the spirit of the living God is with the believers right now. Lord, strengthen the believers across China, Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan. Lord, we pray right now, protect house church. Leaders, encourage prisoners of faith right now, cover the families under the presence of the wing of God. We believe that the underground church is flourishing. May the gospel advance in places where darkness tries to rule. We believe that darkness melts like wax. We believe Bibles are getting in. Lord, make access into these nations. Father, we pray one more time right now as we come to
this close. Father, we ask you, we declare that God's spirit never gives up. Love and self-control. No fear can rule their lives. And Christ strengthens those that are in the whispering church, the hidden church, the underground church, the prisoners of faith. Lord, I pray for everyone with their faith under fire. Strengthen them. I ask this in the glorious name of Jesus Christ. Let your glory be over them. We stand with the persecuted church in Jesus' wonderful name. Amen.