Update concerning Bible courier ministry in China (thanks for the prayers)

I am in a great need of ongoing prayer support. I will be flying out on the 28th of this month (Oct.) to Hong Kong. I will be taking Bibles into China from Hong Kong. I may make two trips a day (God willing) with Bibles, dropping them off at a safe house to be shipped throughout China. I have heard that the battle is at the border. The oppostition from the enemy will be very great.

And I will need an enormous measure of divine grace to complete this mission with victory that will come through Jesus Christ. There is a great spiritual battle that takes place at the border and I need SPECIFIC prayer and spiritual warfare done to push back the enemy so that the Bibles may get into China.

If there are people who want to commit to praying for me, if you want to please message me and I can get your email and give you updates of the situation so you can be able to pray into what is going on.

Please pray for me, that my faith will fail not; that when I am hurting physically, mentally, and emotionally I will have the strength to withstand and trust God as my place of refuge and Rock of offense, deliver and provider, protecter and redeemer.

Please pray that God would give me the strength and grace to fulfill His will and that He would give me the grace and ability to Believe on Him to uphold me and supply all my needs.

I will be working with Autumn Rain International which also has teams take Bibles into Loas and Vietnam and has done work along the Norh Korean border. Pray that God would give me clarity about whether He wants me to take Bibles elsewhere or to refrain from doing so.

Whether or not this mission is successful will depend on the amount of prayer which is pushing back the enemy and allowing Gods' will to be done. I am in a desperate need of the Lords' grace and ask you to join with me in prayer so that the victory will be Jesus Christs' and so Gods' people will be fed His Word so that it may do great wonders in the lives of those who are willing to die for it.

To GOD alone be the glory,
thank you for your prayers and/or encouragement, sincerely, Jaron Lines

Hi,
I know how you are feeling. I did that 20 years ago. I took bibles into China and got caught at the border. They confiscated my bibles and allowed me to keep one copy each. I witnessed to the border guards that they were working against God by trying to stop Bibles to be distributed in China.

When I got out of China on my way back I asked the border guards to give me back the bibles that they confiscated from me and many others. So I came back with more bibles from China than I originally brought in.

Nevertheless, we had a good time in China and God did some work.

Be of good cheer bro! Satan is more scared of a real Christian than you should be of him.

Philip

Jaron, May the Lord bless your trip.And yes we do pray for our brother that you o God will go before him and bless him and his endeavors.Make his trip fruitfull and protect him and his team.Open doors for him and give him favor with the chinese bretheren and his enemys. Blind those border guards from the cargo he takes in and may he be sensitive to your voice.Protect him and bless him and bring him back safely or to his next assignment in the awesome powerfull name of Jesus.

God bless .......David

Thank you all so much for your prayers they are so greatly needed.

I will be praying for you Jaron

I am so honoured to have you here with us at Autumn Rain International carrying Bibles. I am honoured that some simple writing I did on this forum a while ago along with my blog were breathed upon by God to be a tool that you would know about the needs and feel convicted to act.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. (Romans 15:13 ESV) May he be your portion and your lot, may he satisfy your soul in all things for the joy of all peoples by the work which he bears in fruit through you.

I commend to you the following biographies to you about men who I have chosen because of not only the way God used them, but because they all have endurance in common.

[url=http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Biographies/1528_How_Few_There_Are_Who_Die_So_Hard/]Adoniram Judson - How Few There Are Who Die So Hard![/url]

[url=http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Biographies/1482_You_Will_be_Eaten_by_Cannibals_Lessons_from_the_Life_of_John_G_Paton/]John G. Paton - You Will be Eaten by Cannibals![/url]

[url=http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Biographies/1460_Brothers_We_Must_Not_Mind_a_Little_Suffering/]Charles Simeon - Brothers, We Must Not Mind a Little Suffering[/url]

These have given me hope while being here in Hong Kong carrying Bibles into China. My prayer is that many people like you Jaron will feel a passion to spread the supremacy of Christ to China by bringing God's Holy Word through the borders.

God bless you Jaron, and God bless everyone praying for you and for Autumn Rain International.

Dean

I have been China two times, If you have any questions I might be able to help :)

I will be praying for you

in his love
charlene

Thank you whoever has been praying for me. I have been caught with Bibles two different times so far... But God has given me the grace to make it through a number of times. The battle is won through Christ. Please pray for me.

My wife and I are praying for you, Jarona. We are spreading the word about this too. Be encouraged!

:-)

Thanks alot for the prayer. I was caught yet again today. It was pretty frustrating because I spent some time in prayera, etc. But God uses all things for the good for those who love Him and those who are the called according to His purpose. According to someone who has been a Bible courier for a while now the border has become tighter because of the upcoming olympics. But the Word of God is still getting into China. A shipment went out not long ago of 18 boxes or so. There is still a GREAT need for Bibles in China. MILLIONS of christians still do NOT have a BIBLE!! Many are willing to give there lives, and many more are coming to the knowledge of the Saviour, yet there is still a great need for labourers and for the Word of God to be taken into China so that it may get into the hands of those who are hungry for it. The battle is at the border but the Lord is the Triumphant King and His Word will continue to go out into the world and bring light to those who are sitting in darkness. If you feel you may be called to be a Bible courier and take the Word of God into places where people are unable to get it for themselves then message me and it would be great to give you some info about how you can do some short term or long term work. May we seek the will of God and then do it, thanks for praying, Jaron

For the sake of those who have been praying for me on SI. I made it through smoothly the last two times across with the Word of the Most High. Many others have made it across ok. The opposition from the enemy is still very great and it is only by the grace of God that anyone can make it across with 1 single Bible. Please continue to pray, and thank you all who have been praying for me and for others taking the Word of God into restricted nations, may God richly bless you, Jaron

with man is impossble but with God we can doing all things.

trust the Lord his timing is good.
in HIs wonderful name
charlene

Praying brother.. there is much to be praying about China for

I personally have gotten through clean with the whole load of Bread the last 3 out of 5 times. But that need not be. God is mighty and able to get me through every single time. There are some other people here who are flying out the day after tomorrow (the 26th) a number of them are feeling crook (sick) according to someone I just talked to within the last hour. And a number of them have been stopped and caught at the border with Bibles time after time again. The opposition from the enemy is very great. I daily am going through so much physically, spiritually, mentally, it is not easy. It is has been really hard in certain ways. Jesus never said it would be easy. He said "pick up your cross and follow me" and "whoever saves his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it" that goes against our carnal selfish lustful nature" But if we are truely going to follow Jesus and fulfill Gods' will for our lives we must face hardships. The enemy may be mounting things up against me because he doesn't want to see Gods' Word abound more and more in China and he wants to keep the people of China from being evangelized.

It is hard under this spiritual condition to discern clearly the will of God at certain times. For instance handing out a gospel tract here could lead me to get deported or followed and watched by spies. The org. I am working with has had to change there offices in China a number of times. So it is key that I use wisdom when talking with others and handing out tracts, because if God wants me here for the long haul I can allow that to be messed up if I am not doing things in line with His will. Also the chinese christians I have worked with can face many years in prison, etc. for doing the work they do so if you could please pray for there and my protection and for wisdom to be bestowed upon us that would be great.

It is hard being a young single man trying to do the will of God amidst such spiritual hardships and temptations with so many beautiful women around me. Please pray that God would keep me from evil and give me the grace and strength to withstand and trust in Him.

Also there is a couple people I plan on discipling named Eugene and Papa. According to Eugene he received an english Bible three or so months ago after a kiwi spoke to him. He has had trouble understanding many things and really wants a Bible in the chinese language. He may by Gods' grace get his hearts desire and receive a Bible in mandarin. He and his girlfriend had many questions. It was rather amazing some of the questions they were asking me. I feel that God was definetly in the ordeal. Please pray for God to grant me wisdom and understanding when speaking to them and pray that Gods' Word spoken and shown to Eugene and Papa would be Life giving and not just stories. Pray for the Holy Ghost conviction to be poured out upon them and for wisdom and truth to come into there hearts. Ask God to pity them and me, and extend His grace to us and ask Him to draw them to Himself.

I just want to sincerely thank you people for praying for me.

The victory comes through Christ and through prayer to the God who can do exceedingly abundantly more than we can imagine. The battle at the border is intense and the devils hatred for Christ and the Word of God can be more clearly shown there. Please pray for the custmoms officials and for God to grant His servants victory at the border and for His angels to be loosed upon the Lo Wu border and for His hand to be shown there and for His hand to be with us to allow us to get through into mainland China with the Holy Word of God. I want to be confident that God will save some of the custom officials who are used by the enemy to keep the Word from getting into China. He is mighty and able and is willing that none should perish please pray for them and pray for God to bless my labors and grant me favor for His sake.

I want to thank you for being apart of this mission so that Gods' Word can be put into the hands of hungry believers who want to know Christ. Thanks for helping reach those who need Jesus in China.

May God richly bless you for your labors concerning this mission, for Gods' sake,
Jaron Cody Lines

Uh I am not sure how long I'll be here. Possibly many years. but with my realm of influence enlarged, and being able to see people set free by the power of God. A number of my family members have been sick. The enemy likes to torment people. I see alot of people around here who I discern are highly demonized. It is very sad. I want to see them set free and delivered in Jesus name. I have begun to learn the language and God has blessed me with some chinese friends as well. I have felt called to Asia for a period of time now. So I want to trust in God and endure and remain here until He wants me elsewhere. It is likely I'll be going to Loas in March to haul Bibles as well. But then return back here to labor in China.

There is a great need of laborers as well. And there are still millions of believers without a Bible in China and thousands of pastors without a Bible. With this group I have been working with "Autumn Rain International" a team from New Zealand just left recently after making a short term trip to haul Bibles and there is a small group of older people flying in soon. But after that there isn't a team scheduled to come until February. The people of China need the Word of God. And the people of God need to start rising up and not living by there feelings but living for Jesus Christ and what He says to do in His Word. If we are not sure we are definetly called to stay then we are called to "GO" Jesus said "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every living creature" If we are not helping spread the truth of Jesus Christ to the world then we are refusing and rejecting Gods' will for our lives and we are denying Jesus Christ. The Bible says it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Let us fear therefore and seek to follow after Christ with all of our hearts and seek to bear much fruit for the Kingdom of God. Come and labor for God in China. Billions are perishing we must act now as followers of Christ to be bold and answer the call of God to seek and save that which is lost. How will they preach the gospel if they know so little about Christ and the Bible? How will they have the strength to withstand the temptations of the world and the wisdom and understanding of what the will of God is without a Bible? Let us act now for Christs' sake, If anyone wants to take a step of faith and serve God by taking His Word into China message me and I can help you and give you some more information about how you can serve long or short term here. We can help equip a mighty army of God during the biggest revival in history. We can labor so that people who have been praying for months or years to receive a Bible can receive the Word of God and come to know Christ and fulfill the will of God for there lives. We can help transform the nation of China, a land with over 1 billion souls by equipping the Church to reach the lost for Jesus Christ. Thank you so much for the prayers, may God grant you the knowledge of His will, with all wisdom, and spiritual understanding, God bless you beloved, Jaron

hi jarona,
What you have share in here are given me more comfirmation of the hardship the missionary goes through in reaching out. Where i work a chinesse friend and her husband they both chinesse. The husband is pastoring a small chinesse group in hong kong, they smuggle the bible at the rural area, provinces ... where ever they can he teaches bible in cantonese, mandarine, hokian, and traditional chinesse dialect. They don't recieve funding from churches here in australia, every 3 months she goes to china to bring copy upon copy of bible that translated in mandarine and catonesse funded by their own pocket. She works here as a registered nurse and more than half of her pay goes to the expensses of the print and courier, etc... they feed the poor and treatment medically and so on ...The Lord has a way of blessing them and the miracle that follow to protect them from the communist goverment and imformer ... Thank you for sharing the works you are doing and i understand the spiritual battle behind, we will keep you and your team in our intercession. God Bless

On the other hand this has been one of the most blessed times I have ever had in my life. Ofcourse we struggle against the flesh and the devil but Jesus Christ is greater. I have had some of the greatest experiences I've ever had in my whole life and had some of the best times in my life in the last number of weeks I have been here. It has been so great. God has been so good to me and blessed me so much by allowing me to do this work. I wish more people would seek how they can help influence the unreached whom God has wanted to be reached for thousands of years now. Obviously it is His will for people to play a part in evangelizing the world and seeing people reached with the gospel, so why are so many christians living by there feelings and not answering the call to go? If people only knew what a blessing there life could be and how awesome it is to give up a home or a job to come serve Jesus it would be ever so great. Jesus is longing for those who will seek after Him and surrender to Him. Ah, what a blessing it is to serve Jesus. Thanks once again for the prayers. I have witnessed God do awesome things. And thanks to the prayers of the saints I am able to continue on here and see victory come through Jesus Christ and see His Word enter into China. What a blessing you are, you who are praying for me, thank you so much, Jaron

Please continue to pray for me brothers and sisters. I have got caught with Bibles at the border the last 2 out of 4 times I went across. Just recently I came back from the border with 2 suite cases full of Bibles that didn't get through. I have strained my back and have been in alot of pain recently. I am experiencing some awful pain in my back. The spiritual battle has been great but God is ALWAYS greater. It is a blessing to go through so much for Jesus. He always provides for us a way out, a way to be freed if we allow Him to do so. Blessed be the Lamb that was slain, may He receive the reward for His suffering! The Word is going forth and shall bear much fruit. Thank you once again for the prayers, Jaron

dorcas wrote:

Jaron shared

I have strained my back and have been in alot of pain recently. I am experiencing some awful pain in my back.

Brother, this is on my heart and mind.

I wonder if you have looked at the Chinese Bibles which are available to download. Some of them will go on a mobile phone. Also, there are some which can be burned onto cd.

Is this a way of furthering the delivery of God's word to the people?

Hi just an add on responce to dorcas post there is also a christian shop available now in Hong Kong and the Bible is written in Madarine Cantonesse, Hoikian, and Taiwanesse have a look at them they are cheaper too no need to pay to much in courier, and so on of other expences and will save you a lot of hassle carrieng to much load. I will ask this friend of mine where about the place and i will PM it to you. They do mission work there too.
We will keep you in prayer mate and for that young girl.