I

The faithful in China face so much persecution and hardship.

Most people don’t understand God’s will,

thinking suffering is valueless:

They're oppressed for their faith,

rejected by the world, their homes are troubled too,

their future all too bleak, all too bleak.

The suffering of some becomes too much,

so much that they want to die.

How does this show a God-loving heart?

People like this are worthless!

They cannot persevere, they have no stamina.

They're weak and feeble too, and they are powerless.

You must see clearly that

God cleanses you by refining you.

So your testimony you must bear always

during the last days.

No matter how you're suffering,

as long as you are still breathing,

stay true to God, bow to His hand.

This is true love for God, a strong testimony.

II

God is eager for man to love Him,

but as they do, their sufferings grow.

The more their love deepens for God,

through greater trials they will go.

If you really love Him, great sufferings will come.

But if you don't, maybe all will seem

well with life, well with life.

When your heart starts to practice loving God,

you will find many things hard.

You're small in stature and so are refined,

and you can’t satisfy God.

With weakness deep within, you can't fulfill God's will.

You feel it's out of reach, so you will be refined, be refined.

You must see clearly

that God cleanses you by refining you.

So your testimony you must bear always

during the last days.

No matter how you're suffering,

as long as you are still breathing,

stay true to God, bow to His hand.

This is true love for God,

a strong testimony, strong testimony, yeah.

Oh, stay true to God.

from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs

The Church of Almighty God, Eastern Lightning, came into being because of the appearance and work of Almighty God—the returned Lord Jesus—Christ of the last days. It is made up of all those who accept Almighty God's work in the last days and are conquered and saved by His words. It was entirely founded by Almighty God Himself and is led by Him as the Shepherd. It was definitely not created by a person. Christ is the truth, the way, and the life. God's sheep hear God's voice. As long as you read the words of Almighty God, you will see God has appeared.

Special statement: This video production was produced as a not-for-profit piece by The Church of Almighty God, and has been released to the public on a no-cost basis. Please give credit to the source when distributing it. Without prior consent from The Church of Almighty God, no organization, community group, or individual may misrepresent, distort, extract clips from this video or create any other derivative works from it. Using this video directly or indirectly for commercial purposes is also prohibited.