LOCKED IN A MIDDLE EAST PRISON: “We See Jesus Clearer In Times of Suffering”
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The Voice of the Martyrs
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🗓️ 29 March 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Last week, Brother Nathan, a gospel worker in the Middle East, shared his testimony and how his gospel work in the Middle East led to his arrest. This week on VOM Radio, we’ll hear more about his time in prison and how the Lord opened the prison doors for release.
Listen to hear how Nathan’s wife left the country—with their two young children—not knowing when or if she would see her husband again. Nathan will also share what a powerful difference it made for him to have fellow Christian believers by his side in prison.
Nathan says it was such a gift to go through this suffering with other believers rather than alone and shares how one of those believers encouraged him not to let prison quench the evangelistic fire that burned inside him to share the gospel with Muslims.
He also tells the story of how God revealed the exact number of days he and his friends would be in prison—and how he’s seen seeds planted in prison produce gospel fruit in a very closed country since his release.
Learn how you can pray specifically for Nathan and his family, as well as Christians in the Middle East, as they face persecution.
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| 0:00.0 | Can you think of a time when a brother or sister in Christ encouraged you? |
| 0:05.5 | Brother Nathan remembers a time like that in his life. |
| 0:09.5 | He and two fellow believers were in prison for sharing their faith in a Middle Eastern country. |
| 0:15.5 | And Brother Nathan's friend encouraged him by saying this. |
| 0:20.0 | Guys, don't worry, we signed up for this. |
| 0:22.6 | We gave our lives to Jesus and this is what it means. |
| 0:25.6 | Don't worry, like we trust him. |
| 0:26.6 | And he would just make these statements that would just bring a level of faith and |
| 0:31.6 | encouragement and hope to us that felt very like supernatural in many ways. |
| 0:36.6 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. |
| 0:40.3 | In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. |
| 0:44.3 | He sent them out as sheep among wolves. |
| 0:47.3 | Jesus' words came true in the life of the apostles, |
| 0:50.3 | and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 0:54.6 | Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help. |
| 0:59.4 | Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. |
| 1:02.2 | Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. |
| 1:04.5 | My name is Todd Nettleton. |
| 1:05.7 | Last week we heard part one of a conversation with another of our one-name guests, Brother Nathan, the Lord called |
| 1:13.9 | him and his family to serve in the Middle East. And Brother Nathan began publicly and boldly sharing |
| 1:20.7 | his faith along with other gospel workers there. Then three of them were arrested and put in prison. Nathan was especially concerned |
| 1:30.6 | about one of his fellow workers who had come from a different Middle Eastern country. If this |
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