Iranian Believer: Amazing Dream Brings Her to Christ Recently fieldworkers had the chance to meet some believers from Iran to disciple and encourage them. This is what Sheefteh (not her real name), a young women, shared with one of them: “Ten years ago exactly, I got a dream. I saw Jesus coming towards me with a necklace. He hung it around my neck. I looked down and saw that it was a cross with the number 10 in the heart. I didn’t know what it meant back then, but from that moment on I did know that Jesus existed. I was raised in a Muslim family; a devout one. I was a bit different than the others. I used to pray in our own language: Farsi. I was taught to pray in Arabic, but that’s a language that is very different from my own language. It was after the dream that I enrolled in psychology in a university. One of the lectures I had was about the world religions. The assignment we got was to write a paper about one of those religions. Of course I choose to further investigate Christianity. I didn’t really know where to start, so I decided to call a general information number asking them where I could find a church. They told me that there was a church in my city and I went there. In that church I got to know Christ. Ever since I started exploring Christianity I’ve had discussions with my mother about it. Only recently she accepted the fact that I’m a Christian now; my father still hasn’t accepted it. I’m happy that my husband is also a Christian. We can’t go to the normal church where I met Christ, since it would be too dangerous for us, because we have been Muslims before. In our house group we are teaching other believers now and I counsel people in church who suffer from marriage problems, depressions and sometimes even suicidal thoughts. It isn’t easy being a Christian in Iran, but that’s why I’m so happy that you’re here with me today, encouraging me and teaching me new things. I think this is what Jesus wanted to say to me with the ‘10’: that in 10 years I would be here with you, knowing Him and being together with someone who also knows Him and that you could help me in being a better counselor for my brothers and sisters in Christ.”
Posted on: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 06:46:20 +0000
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