Love Like Jesus: How the Heart of Christ Reaches Beyond Comfort Zones, Even to the Lives of Our Enemies.
I've got to remember there's not a single person in that video, the victim, the predator, or the bystander, whom God does not love, who the gospel is.
Season 7, Episode 37 · Love Like Jesus - How the Heart of Christ reaches beyond comfort zones, even to the lives of our enemies.
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The story behind the idea
People who are the worst that you can even think of are still souls that are ensnared and trapped, and there is a chance for them to turn, and they need someone to care. They need someone to share with them what is important. To me, improving in this area means acknowledging these barriers that I put up.
What stands out
I've got to remember there's not a single person in that video, the victim, the predator, or the bystander, whom God does not love, who the gospel is not for. The only person in that video who has no chance of change today is the young lady who sadly lost her life.
Why it matters
At the age of eight, his father drove him 500 miles away and dropped him off for two years, barely even a goodbye. At that place, he said his head was shaved, he was given a white robe, a prayer cap, some regular changes of clothes, and for two years learned the Quran word for word. He would sit with nine other boys in a tent with a man in a robe and long hair who held the Quran in his right hand and a whip in his left. At the age of ten, Yasir returned home and recited the Quran for his family.
A faithful way forward
I had always prayed against Christians, and now Christians were praying for a Muslim boy. He said as they stood to leave, he noticed that the boy's complexion changed and his eyes opened.
Put it into practice
First of all, just the similarities between their stories and the Apostle Paul and how God was at work even when we couldn't see any hope. God read hearts and he knew that even theirs, even Yasser, even his uncle's heart could be changed. Secondly, they were changed because there were other people involved.
Take the idea with you.
- 01What idea from this study most needs my attention right now?
- 02Where does this challenge the way I am currently thinking or living?
- 03What is one faithful step I can take this week?
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