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‘I was 20, and I was arrested’

‘I was 20, and I was arrested’

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Mojtaba from Iran was imprisoned for leading a house church. Discover how God used his imprisonment to share the gospel with the least and the lost.

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  • “Look, I took you through these doors and gates… to talk to people about Jesus”. Mojtaba shares that, understandably, in prison he felt he had done wrong. He was down. But God showed him that there was a purpose. Can you look back on tough times and see how God used you? Are you in a tough place right now? Ask God to help you see a way through – a way where he may even use you.
  • God sent help from a completely unexpected source – a Muslim Iman smuggled pages of the Bible into the prison for Mojtaba and his friends. Do you limit how God could use you or where His help could come from? Ask God to help you see where He is working, and ask Him to help you get involved.
PRAY NOW...
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As Mojtaba says, pray that those in prison because of their faith in Jesus would be released, but also pray that they would be used where they are now.

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Pray for yourself, that God will use you where you are and you'd be able to see what He is doing, even in tough times.

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