Our
sermon this week will come from Hebrews 13:3:
The
following story provides insight into how we can “Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with
them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.”
CENTRAL ASIA:
“Dad, I think we’re being followed.”
Yasemin* drummed her fingers
nervously on the car door. Her father kept on driving the familiar route to
drop her off at English class, singing a praise song to Jesus as he drove.
Yasemin turned around and looked
back.
“Dad. We’re being followed.”
He sang louder.
“Would you take it seriously?”
Not missing a beat, he changed his
lyrics mid-verse and belted out a song of his own: “I’m going to prison today!”
James* knew the signs. He’d already
been in prison once for his faith in Jesus. That day made it a second.
In the region where James and his
family live, people bend over backward to show hospitality. Go to your
neighbors’ home, and they spread out a feast for you and heap your plate high
with special food. Leave your wallet somewhere, and people will guard it until
you return.
“In lieu of an armored car, I’ve
seen cars left unattended with the trunk open and piles of cash inside. No one
would dare bother it,” a friend of James said.
In his country, they take care of
each other.
But share Christ openly, and they
may torture you.
The
remainder of this compelling story can be seen at the Biblical
Recorder website:
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