ODJ: prison break
January 30, 2011
You will free the captives from prison (v.7).
READ: Isaiah 42:1-9
I absolutely know that in anybody’s eyes I was a traitor,” Mosab Hassan Yousef told the Wall Street Journal before the release of his book Son of Hamas. “To my family, to my nation, to my God. I crossed all the red lines in my society. I didn’t leave one that I didn’t cross.” By “traitor,” Mosab—the son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founder and leader of the terrorist group Hamas—refers to his radical conversion from an extreme faith to Christianity. It also reflects his departure from Hamas after more than a decade of serving the terrorist group alongside his father. Though the terrorists he once served now threaten his life, Mosab considers himself a free man, a man depicted in Romans 6:19 who was previously a slave “to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin,” but is now a slave “to righteous living so that [he] will become holy.” “I converted to Christianity because I was convinced by Jesus Christ as a character, as a personality. I loved Him, His wisdom, His love, His unconditional love,” Mosab says. “I found that I was really drawn to the grace, love, and humility that Jesus talked about.” Mosab relishes following and proclaiming the God who sent His Son Jesus to “bring good news to the poor . . . comfort the brokenhearted . . . proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed . . . [bring forth] the Lord’s favor . . . give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair” (Isaiah 61:1-3). A new man, Mosab now says, “My goal is not to defeat my enemy. It is to win over my enemy.” —Roxanne Robbins
Pray for your brothers and sisters around the world who are facing extreme persecution, even to the point of death, for following and proclaiming Jesus Christ. How will you proclaim the good news today?
Tweet This
Share on Facebook
Digg This
Save to delicious
Stumble it-
RSS Feed
Related
ODJ: proof of faith
August 8, 2011 Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” . . . and wouldn’t think of praying to the Lord (vv.1,4). READ: Psalm 14:1-7 The renowned atheist Christopher Hitchens was dying. By his own admission, decades of heavy drinking and smoking had given him cancer of the esophagus, and now he [...]
ODJ: never forgotten
October 7, 2011 O Lord, how long will You forget me? Forever? (v.1). READ: Psalm 13 One day, a taxi dropped world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma off at New York City’s Peninsula Hotel. But as the cab drove off, Yo-Yo realized he had left his cello in its backseat. It was worth 2.5 million dollars! The hotel [...]
ODJ: taking God for granted
August 16, 2010 Serve the Lord with reverent fear, and rejoice with trembling (Psalm 2:11). READ: 2 Samuel 6:1-15 My wife and I have been married for 16 years. But, to my own embarrassment, there have been times when I’ve taken her for granted. I’ve been so familiar with her presence that I’ve been insensitive to [...]
ODJ: trials and temptations
October 15, 2010 And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one (v.13). READ: Matthew 6:9-13 Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to be tested by the devil (Matthew 4:1-11). Each test was a temptation or enticement to sin. It’s not a sin to be tempted. But [...]
Christian Courses
Day Of Discovery
Discover The Word
Discovery Series
Help For My Life
My Utmost For His Highest
Our Daily Bread
Our Daily Journey
RBC Ministries
WarungSateKaMu
Manasociety
雅米