There are times during the birth of your destiny that you feel as though you would like to give up hope, but God will not let you. It feels as though you are held captive by hope.

"Return to your fortress, O prisoners of hope..." Zechariah 9:12

Victoria BoysonThere are times during the development of your dream when your hope seems to have turned into a prison. You cannot make your dreams come true, and you find it impossible to stop believing in them. You cannot go forward any faster than God will let you, and you cannot return to where you once were before you became pregnant with the promise from God. God will not let you give up! During this time you might feel like saying, "Okay, God, this is enough! I don't want to hope anymore! I am tired of being pregnant with this promise! I want out of this prison of hope!"

It is during this time that your dreams feel so real to you, yet to others they are not. The conflict between what you feel in the Spirit and what is evident in the natural grates at your soul. You feel much like you are on a Ferris wheel. You have your up times when you can see your dream's fulfillment far into the future, but you also have your down time when you cannot see anything. You think to yourself, "Am I crazy to think that God could use me?" The enemy comes in like a flood and you begin to doubt, causing anguish to your soul. This is the time when God is doing His greatest work in you.

It is Because He Loves You

You feel as though you are ready for your destiny, but once again God directs you back to the refinery for more tweaking. Oh how weary you are of the awful refinery and that seemingly endless tweaking. "Okay, God, You can stop now," you scream. But He does not stop...(more)

"What excites me is our aim is to serve the Church in China. All of this new production capability is available 'first call' for the mainland Chinese Church. If they want to print 12 million Bibles a year, they've got it."

(Nanjing, China)—Thirty years ago Christianity and the Bible were banned in China. Today, Christianity is the second largest officially recognized religion in China and on May 19, the world's largest Bible printing facility—Amity Printing Company—will open in Nanjing, prompting some to dub the historic eastern Chinese city the Bible printing capitol of the world.

According to the Christian Post report, in 2007, Amity printed 6 million Bibles, but with the new facility, it has the potential to print up to 12 million per year...or 23 Bibles every minute.

Peter Dean, the Bible Societies' consultant in Nanjing, is quoted as saying there is "a really increasing interest in Christianity" in China.

"Everyone agrees there is a great interest and a lot of growth in the Christian Church," says Dean. "What excites me is our aim is to serve the Church in China. All of this new production capability is available 'first call' for the mainland Chinese Church. If they want to print 12 million Bibles a year, they've got it."

Notes reporter Michelle A. Vu: "The Bible is printed in eight Chinese minority languages, as well as Braille Bible. Furthermore, the government-sanctioned Protestant body, the China Christian Council/Three Self Patriotic Movement (CCC/TSPM), said it is getting ready to produce Bibles as downloadable audio books so young people can listen to it on their MP3 players."...(more)

Source:The Christian Post