the heavenly man.

please read this book. the heavenly man by brother yun with paul hattaway. i guarantee you it will greatly impact your life. it is about a Chinese house church pastor who faced severe persecution in China because of his desire to spread the Gospel. he faced this extreme persecution with great joy and never ever backed down on his faithfulness to the Lord. but this book so reflects the power of Christ... not brother yun. read it.


here is an excerpt that is quite eye-opening. this is after brother yun finally reaches the western world... and this is his reaction.

"In the West many Christians have an abundance of material possessions but they live in a backslidden state. They have silver and gold, but they don't rise up and walk in Jesus' name. In China we have no possessions to hold us down, so there's nothing preventing us from moving out for the Lord... when I'm in the West I see all the mighty church buildings and all the expensive equipment, plush carpets and state-of-the-art sound systems. I can assure the Western church with absolute certainty that you don't need any more church buildings. Church buildings will never bring the revival you seek. The pursuit of more possessions will never bring revival. Jesus truly stated,"A man's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions." Luke 12:15 The first thing needed for revival to return to your churches is the Word of the Lord. God's Word is missing... it's the truth that will set you free. Not only is the knowledge of God's Word missing, but obedience to that Word. There's not much action taking place... You can never really know the scriptures until you are willing to be changed by them. "I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ." Philemon v.6"

such powerful words that i know each of us are guilty of in our lives. i know that i am.