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Their Love Destroyed His Hatred

You'll be inspired by this true story of God's Love destroying the evil hatred of a man during the Boxer Revolution in China.


At 19, Feng joined the Boxer Revolution to kill foreigners in his Chinese homeland. Filled with hatred, he helped massacre Christian missionaries, their children, and their Chinese converts. 

But two particular incidents haunted him. 

In one city, a woman named Miss Morrell stood in front of her missionary compound and asked if she could give her life to spare the others. Although the Boxers murdered them all, Feng was shocked by Morrell's sacrificial love. 

In another incident, Feng was touched and perplexed when a missionary father gently and calmly comforted his son as they were burned alive. 

Feng couldn't rest until he learned more about the God who inspired such peace and love in His followers, and Feng ended up giving his life to Christ. 

Few of us will be asked to make the sacrifices of Miss Morrell and this unnamed father, but they should inspire us (Hebrews 12:1) and make us ask "What might God be asking me to sacrifice for the Gospel?"

Are we willing to be "living sacrifices" for our Lord? (Romans 12:1).
Are we willing to adjust our goals, our purposes, our budget, and our schedule to fulfill God's purposes for our lives? (Ephesians 2:10). 

If our faith costs us nothing, if we aren't deliberately sacrificing our sinful desires, then we haven't understood the price Christ paid for our sins (1 Corinthians 6:20).

I am inspired and motivated by these examples who Feng encountered, and I hope you are too.

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To read more 1-minute devotions about Christians who inspire faith and sacrifice, see the Bible Love Notes collection Christians Who Inspire Us. You can read about the faith of a famous 12-year-old blind boy in Blind but Seeing and the Secret Joy of a man who cared for 10,000 orphans.

Source for this story: Jonathan Goforth, An Open Door in China. After his conversion, Feng worked with Goforth

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You'll be inspired by this true story of God's Love destroying the evil hatred of a man during the Boxer Revolution in China.

3 comments:

  1. Gail, I read your blog regularly. I don't think I have ever commented. I love every one of your posts. I don't have a fb and I don't follow twitter. I am a busy home school mom and your concise Bible love notes are so helpful to me. I wanted to take a moment and thank you for your faithfulness.

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    1. Thank you, Jennifer, for taking the time to encourage me. I appreciate it. As a former home school mom (my children are grown), I can appreciate your demanding schedule. God bless you,
      Gail

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  2. Thank U, dear Gail. I gently encourage U to keep writing. U will surely touch hearts and lives. I do not have FaceBook and decline to have it. But I loved this blog entry, that I found through Pinterest.
    The peace of Christ be with U,
    Stephan

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