Martyrs Prayer (Compilation) — Compilations

A Life Worth Giving

As juniper was dying at the stake she said this quote. Every man gives his life for what he believes and every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or nothing and yet they give their lives to that little or nothing.

One life is all we have. We live it and it's gone. But to live without belief is more terrible than dying. Even more terrible than dying young.

What do you burn for? What do you burn for?

Jim Elliot's Prayer for a Full Life

Jim Elliot said the famous words Years before his martyrdom that man is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. And he prayed as a young man God I pray light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn up for thee.

Consume my life my God for it is thine. I Seek not a long life, but a full one like yours Nate st. Along with Jim Elliot and three others American missionaries were all martyred by the Aka Indians 1956 in Ecuador.

The Martyrdom of the Ecuadorian Missionaries

It was only after many years that Steve saying Nate's son Nate was the pilot who found out all the details of what had happened. The killing of his father and the others when I just read the account a few weeks back Of the details of the martyrdom.

It was an overwhelming thing to read. It was painful. It was tragic. It was tremendously moving. One of the men the last one instead of running into the jungle where he could have easily gotten away. He just waited out to the water and in his broken dialect said why are you killing us?

We're not hurting you and waited there until they came in spirit and no sooner had they killed the last one each one of the different ones began to hear singing and They looked up at those these glowing beings in the trees Singing and praising God then when they were waiting and hiding waiting for the retaliation.

Nobody came to kill. They began to realize something's different about these people. That's why they were so open to the gospel when it came back. It's extraordinary story. Listen to what Nate st. Wrote years earlier.

Spending Life for Eternal Significance

People who do not know the Lord asked why in the world we waste our lives as missionary. They forget they too are expending their lives and when the bubble has burst They will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years.

They have Everybody's bubble is gonna burst Every one of us at the end of our lives. It's all gone. Then what what do we spend our lives for? What do we pour ourselves out? Where do we give ourselves?

Having a full life. It's not necessarily a long life. I Want at the end of my life to say I fulfilled the purposes of God.

Rebecca's Story at the Marriage Supper

It's gonna be a life for you of one day when you die and you make it to heaven you made it in.

And on that final day you look around and there's that table you've heard all about and it's time for the marriage supper of the lamb and Angels are gathering around and they're placing everybody in their proper seats.

They say come here. This is where you're to see that the marriage supper and you sit down and you don't recognize anybody around you. But they're all former Christians. All on fire people that got saved some time in their life and they made it in and across from you.

Little girl you look at her you say hi. What's your name? And she says Rebecca. You said Rebecca. Where are you from? She says Rome. And you say Rebecca. Would you talk to me just for a few minutes of how you got here.

She said well we had a real hard life. My daddy when I was eight years old. I Had to go to this big arena and I watched lions eat my daddy. With my own eyes. I watched lions eat my daddy. They killed him because my daddy loved Jesus and I've never cried so much in my life.

As I did that day. Two days later they came back for me and my brother and they took us to the same arena where my daddy died. And there was thousands of people cheering. They paraded us into the arena and there was no one there but just us and that big arena and all the people and Then I looked around and I saw all these doors opening up around the arena and that of every door.

Came lions. And I've never been so scared in my life. They had told me That if I just deny Jesus I Could live. I couldn't do that. He was everything to me. I died that day. The angels came and ushered me into heaven.

And I've been waiting here for the marriage supper. This is so special and then she says and how about you? What's your story friend look at me? You better have one you better have one. You better be able to say something.

The Cost of Martyrdom for the Gospel

Matter of fact, did you know that a hundred and sixty thousand people were martyred in 1996 for the cause of Christ? One minister was just killed in Cali Columbia where we're building a church. Why was he killed because of cartel members drug addicts were being saved dealers were being saved.

What did they do? They killed the pastor.

He told us to drop him off, but it's not just just leave me here I can walk. That was the last time I saw him.

I want you to think of what this means. My life for the gospel. My life for the gospel.

Living for Christ Under Opposition

With his death, it's like it encouraged us to To like to want to do the same to lay down our lives for the Lord and not just die for him. But to live for him that can be harder than dying for him.

We're going to see increasing opposition to the gospel message in days to come in America.

Because the gospel message is going to become increasingly biblical the gospel message is going to become increasingly radical and Revolutionary. And the gospel message is going to become a threat to this world system.

The gospel is going to become an increasing threat to worldliness and materialism and greed and the gods sports entertainment fashion. The gospel is going to become an increasing threat to the rising tide of Satanism and false religions and.

The results will be the same as in the book of Acts uproar.

Prayers, Persecution, and a Coming Awakening

Persecution and great moving of God, I believe we've come to the time for the Accumulated prayers of the Saints are arising in one generation. And God is going to answer all those accumulated prayers and remember all those covenants and it's going to come down on you guys.

I'm telling you young kids. I believe the greatest awakening is coming to your lives to this generation but it is preceded by generations of mothers and fathers who have been crying out for the Manifestation of a generation that would bomb the earth.

I tell you what we stand on the shoulders of forefathers and foremothers who have paid a price.

The Apostles Who Died as Martyrs

Happened to those 11 ruffians that went after Jesus and following him all the way to the cross.

We know what happened with Judas, but what happened to the rest of them? Andrew Died in Greece. He was crucified on an x-shaped cross felt unworthy to die on the same type cross as his Lord. Bartholomew was preaching in India.

He died a martyr's death. He was filleted alive with knives. James the elder was martyred first. He was slain by Herod Agrippa. James the lesser was crucified in Egypt. His body was sawed in pieces. John the revelator an attempt was made on his life by giving him a chalice of poison from which he drank and God spared him.

He died of natural causes. Jude was killed. He was shot with arrows at Mount Ararat. Matthew laid down his life for Jesus history records. He became a missionary and disappeared during his labors. Peter was martyred.

He requested that he might be crucified upside down. He felt he was not worthy to die as his Lord had died. Philip died by hanging while he was dying. He requested that his body be wrapped not in fine linen.

But in papyrus for he was not worthy that even his body should be treated as the body of Jesus had been treated. Simon the zealot tradition says he died on the mission field as a martyr. Thomas Tradition says that he was commissioned to build a palace for the king of India there.

He was killed with a spear as a martyr. You guys inspired me. I want to be able to talk to. I want to be able to look at them. And I want them to look at me and I want them to say. Well done, Steve.

A Prayer to Live for the Gospel

Want you to raise your hands to God. Say this with me heavenly Father search my heart Examine me even now, but this is my desire my life for the gospel. Whatever it takes Lord Make it real That I may live a life that makes sense in the light of eternity.

Jesus my life for you.