By Mark Ellis
Displaced Syrian mother and child
An extraordinary number of Muslims living in war-torn Syria have
decided to follow Jesus after experiencing His love firsthand through
miraculous healings and gifts from above.
Among the people living in or near the war zone, many are struggling
to survive because there is simply not enough food, according to the
Lebanon-based director of Christian Aid Mission.
One Syrian mother, identified as Majida, went to God in prayer after her family ran out of food.
“She prayed, ‘Lord, I know you never let us down — we need food for
our family,'” the director recounted. “As she was walking later that
day, she found some money on the path in front of her. She was so
pleased that God had answered her prayer in such a creative way that she
started jumping up and down with joy.”
Majida rushed to buy bread for her family, and when her neighbors
asked where she had gotten the money, she said, “It was sent to me from
God.”
“They pressed her to tell them how that was possible, so she went on to share her faith and pray with them,” the director said.
Desperate Muslims who hear about miraculous healings through
Christians are drawn to find out more. A mother named Nivine brought her
paralyzed, 2-year-old daughter to a meeting of one of the ministry
teams affiliated with Christian Aid Mission.
The ministry leader informed Nivine that they pray in the name of Jesus.
“Whatever it takes,” she replied, in tears. “Just make her better!”
“When we pray, we pray to a living God,'” the ministry leader told
her. Then he explained the gospel to her and she accepted Christ.
After she was born again, Nivine started faithfully attending the
meetings with her paralyzed daughter.” The group continued to pray for
the child in the following days.
About two weeks later, Nivine was worshiping at a meeting with her
daughter next to her. She glanced down and noticed her daughter was
smiling. Then she was shocked to see that her hands were moving. Could
this be a dream? But her daughter continued to move.
It was true — she was healed by the power of the Living God!
Another mother, Aveen, along with her husband, Mohamad, and their
seven children, are part of a church in another town in Syria. Mohamad
recently lost his job.
“They are weary of struggling through life,” the director said. “What
surprises us most about this family is that Aveen and Mohamad both come
from very fanatical Muslim families that wish to stone them to death,
and yet they still fearlessly display their strong love for the Lord.
Despite the difficulty of surviving without work and the threat of
persecution, they have the courage and desire to share the gospel with
everyone around them.”
The incidents of healing and salvation are a welcome contrast to the
violence of the war-torn country. ISIS claimed responsibility for bomb
blasts in Damascus on Feb. 21 that killed at least 87 people, according
to the United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, and car
bombs in Homs killed at least 59 civilians.
On Feb. 22, Russian forces were suspected in an attack on a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders that killed 25 people.
In the midst of such atrocities, a Muslim named Amad heard about a
place in his town where people pray and some are healed. The worsening
skin disease of one of his children drove him to visit.
“In a moment of bravery, he brought his son to the meeting place, and
the believers there prayed for him,” the ministry director said. “The
next day the child woke up with nothing on his skin! It was undeniably a
miracle. The whole family has come to believe in the Lord, and they
want to be baptized.”
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