MINISTRY / Covid-caused spiritual yearning
Health authorities from outside China estimate that "as many as 248 million people — nearly 18% of China’s population — came down with the virus in the first 20 days of December" (Bloomberg News).
News agencies are reporting that hospitals are not able to handle the crush the Covid patients and mortuaries are unable to keep up with burials.
Good from bad
But in the midst of this tragic news about the pandemic in China, there is good news. Our liaison reports,
By visiting elderly sick people and going to funerals of Christian families, we have some great chances to share the gospel during this Covid crisis here in China. Many people have started to think about spiritual things. And they started to realize that politics and economics are not reliable. The Spirit is bringing many to open their hearts to the gospel.
Pray that more good comes from the bad
The Spirit is once again using what seems to be a crisis to turn people to Christ.
That’s a blessing to pray for.
15 Days of Prayer begins in less than two weeks. But you don't have to wait until January 22 to increase your prayers for China's spiritual health. Start now. Ask the Spirit to bring hundreds of millions to faith in Jesus, the Great Physician of Souls.