Praying for China

For the next two weeks we invite you to pray for China! December newsletter gives you details of each day prayer requests. Here I would outline a few for this week.
Majority of people living in China are of Han ethnicity, with over 600 dialects they keep the same written language. Their heritage is Confucian and is based on legalistic cause and effect interactions. Even though considered a religion Confucianism, as well as Buddhism, Jainism, Daoism are branches of atheism. God Person is not considered. It is all about cosmic power, universal balance, karma, superhuman, achievements by effort. Over the decades of Marxist ideology the atheism became even more rooted. Pray that people would encounter God in their lives, that they would understand their need for the personal Savior who cares and knows each one of us.
Over 60 million Chinese belong to the Communist party, nearly 3 million are in the military service, following rules and human made policies, often inhumane and inconsiderate of goodness, faith, truth, kindness. The whole system is based on “survival of the fittest” mindset. Party members are covering self-seeking opportunism with facade of ideology. Pray for a breakthrough of gospel light in that dark world of political prisons, and enslavement of people’s minds. Pray that the Holy Spirit would convict people of sin in their lives.
Overpopulated as China is perceived, it experiences horrible policies of controlling births – one child per family policy is affecting adversely society structures. Abortions and gender control resulted in some areas having 40% more men than women, ending in rape, abductions, sex slavery, prostitution, incest, rapid AIDS spread. There are over 100 million of single marriageable man. Pray for stabilization of population.
Economic liberty made a few very wealthy, improved living standards for many, but it also enslaved and impoverished many more. The gap between rich and poor increased. Poorer inland provinces are losing population moving to already saturated coastal provinces seeking opportunities to better themselves.
Deforestation, massive flooding, Three Gorges Dam, polluted rivers with human and industrial waste – the country cannot cope with the destruction of its land and resources.
As Christian agencies do their best to bring the Gospel into mainland China there are numerous obstacles. Recently a story surfaced where false literature was printed with major changes in the text, and sold under guise of real books, with same ISBN number, deceiving people in process. Import of Christian literature is still prohibited. Pray for radio broadcasters, for internet and satellite ministries reaching China.
As you are praying weekly, daily for all nations, I trust your awareness of how large the harvest is grows too. Pray the Lord of the Harvest to make you a labourer!