An autobiography you will not want to put down.  The writer tells the story of his life and how God saved him, called him to preach, and used him to begin and lead a great Chinese House Church Movement throughout much of China.

He was saved in the late 1970’s and began to preach at age 16.  He fasted and prayed for three weeks before God provided him with his own Bible.  At this time Bibles in China were extremely scarce because of the persecution of the government.  Those who had them kept them hidden for fear of more persecution.  

Upon receiving his Bible he had to learn to read looking up the symbols in a dictionary.  He had only had three years of schooling.   Once he could read he memorized the book of Matthew.   At age 16 when he was first asked to preach he knew nothing about preaching so he stood and quoted the book of Matthew to the people.

His utter dependence on the Holy Spirit and his willingness to stand up for the true gospel of Jesus Christ no matter the cost is amazing.

God helped him miraculously escape from jail or prison on many occasions.  On others he helped him miraculously endure unbelievable torture for the name of Christ.

One of the things he stated was that we should not pray that their persecutions will stop.  Rather his desire is that we will pray for them to be faithful to Christ whatever the situation.

            I found this book a challenge for my own prayer life as well as recognizing how much we in American Christianity have taken for granted the freedoms that we have.  How many Bibles and Christian literature we have and how little they are studied or read?

            It is also great to hear his wife’s side of the story as she adds sections to share what was going on in her life especially as he was being persecuted or imprisoned.

347 pages, Monarch Books

Brother Yun’s website is www. asiaharvest.org