IRAN: A Perfect Storm for the Gospel

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🗓️ 6 October 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Brother “Ali” says that the current situation in Iran is “chaos.” But he says God is using that chaos as “a perfect storm” to bring more Iranians to faith in Christ.

You’ll be encouraged by stories of how God is reaching Iranian people with His love—a love that can overcome depression, sickness and need, replacing chaos with the peace of God.

Listen as Ali shares the story in the Bible that inspires him to challenge Muslims to go to the mosque more often, and how he sees lives changed dramatically—often in a very short time—after an Iranian meets Jesus.

Ali will also talk about the blessings of persecution, how the fear and danger he faces each day shapes his spiritual walk, and how the church in Iran talks about suffering.

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0:00.0	Brother Ali spends a lot of time in Iran.
0:03.0	When he's there, he faces all kinds of restrictions, inconveniences, even danger.
0:09.0	But he's discovered all those challenges fade away when he focuses on the glory of God.
0:16.0	God is such a good God, you know, that's one thing I think people really need to understand is God is good.
0:22.0	God loves us, so everything that he's making us
0:25.2	go through it's for glory. Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:35.9	He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
0:38.8	Jesus' words came true in the life of the Apostles,
0:41.8	and they're still coming true today in the lives of
0:44.1	his followers around the world. Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their
0:48.0	inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs
0:52.3	radio network. Welcome now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network.
0:53.2	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio from our studio in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
0:58.4	If you listen to V-O-M radio regularly, you know that sometimes we have guests with just one name, or at least one name that we'll share with you.
1:07.0	That's to protect their security.
1:10.0	That's the case today, as we're hearing from Brother Ali, and you'll also notice that we're changing his voice
1:16.7	to add another layer of protection because of where he works.
1:21.3	Brother Ali is living and ministering inside Iran. He's one of the
1:26.8	partners that Voice of the Martyrs works with in that country and a few months
1:30.4	back I had the chance to sit down with him and hear what God is doing
1:35.2	inside the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ali welcome back to the voice of the
1:41.6	martyrs radio. Oh it's so good to be back you know it's like Welcome back to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
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