Recently at the Flushing Prayer Station we met a woman who
once was a devout Muslim. Fifteen years
ago she began to seek God, wanting to know who he really is. After looking into other religions, she decided
to read the Bible. “I’m going to read
the red words because those words are the words of Christ!” is what she thought
to herself. His Words came alive to
her. At one point, she felt something
like liquid flowing over her as she was reading and praying. Eventually she gave her life to Jesus after a
journey that took over a year.
She has experienced many difficulties for converting from
Islam to Christianity. Although these
trials were difficult to face, she would do it all over again because Jesus is
worth any pain and persecution! There was such a light and joy in her eyes as
she recounted all that Jesus had done and continues to do in her and other
people’s lives. Sadly her husband, also
a Muslim, chose to leave her and her two children. Her kids are being raised in the ways of the
Lord.
In fact, she felt the Lord leading her to go to Philadelphia
to minister to people. She brought both
of her kids. There were a number of
people she had a chance to encourage and tell about Jesus. She encouraged us in our outreach and
recounted how the Lord had placed it on her heart to go and witness in downtown
Flushing.
Meeting her was a testimony of the many prayers going up for
Muslims around the world that they would have an encounter with the Living
Christ. Many Muslims are closed off to
hearing the Gospel or are in closed nations where preaching the Gospel is not
allowed. Our prayers make a difference
in seeing them come to the Lord. For
this woman, a formerly devoted Muslim, if someone had tried to talk about Jesus
with her, she most likely would not have listened. But the Lord met her anyways. Therefore we can be encouraged to share the
Gospel with Muslims and if they don’t receive it, prayer has a powerful impact.
