How Great Is Our God?
I woke up this morning and received an email from a friend living in a Muslim country. I had teary eyes as I was reading this with great joy. Here's an excerpt.Last Sunday we had the privilege of witnessing nine locals be baptized! Some of them have been believers for a while, but now wanted to make their confession public that Jesus is Lord – both before the Church and the on-looking beachgoers. This is very risky in a Muslim country but they were all undaunted and standing firm in their faith as they obeyed Jesus’ command to be baptized.
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This is great news indeed as some of these countries impose death for converting to Christianity. Actually, I know of a family who is here in the states and cannot go back to Saudi Arabia as there's a death sentence on them. Then I think about my faith here and ask myself how would I live in such a way as these nine in risking their lives to glorify Christ?
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Name above all names
Worthy of our praise
Our hearts will sing
How great is our God!
posted by Mercy Now @ 8:03 AM
4 Comments:
I recently had the privilege to attend a church here in Tokyo. There is something amazing about seeing people who speak a different language praising God whole-heartedly.
They had recently had a few members baptized.
My friend's team leader has been there for 20 years and said he has seen just 3 baptisms in the first 18 years. Now, there were nine, this is indeed a great celebration!
The other thing about this team leader is that he's patient, very patient and did not give up. I think most would give up after 5 or 10 years w/o seeing a conversion.
Amen. Let us pray God will open the eyes of those given over to Islam.
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