Central Asia: “To Suffer for Jesus Is An Honor”
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CENTRAL ASIA: “To Suffer for Jesus Is An Honor”
Born and raised in a Muslim family, Brother Maksud says it’s a miracle he is now a follower of Jesus Christ.
Maksud’s first years of life were under communist rule as his country was part of the Soviet Union, but it became independent, and more Islamic, after the fall of the USSR. As different factions battled for post-Soviet control, civil war broke out, a difficult time for Maksud and all of his countrymen. Yet good news was coming.
Listen as Maksud tells how he was impacted by seeing the JESUS Film and hearing Jesus speak Maksud’s own language. He’ll share how a Christian stepped into his family’s life, becoming a faithful friend and sharing stories from the Bible about God. Years later Maksud heard those same stories at a free Taekwondo lesson, another step on his pathway to following Jesus.
When Maksud first stepped into a church, he was shocked. It was a completely different atmosphere from anything he’d known. It was full of love; people greeted him by name with hugs. He was floored when believers at the church told him they had been praying for him for more than a year.
At age 18, Maksud made the decision to follow Jesus. His younger brother wasn’t far behind. When they shared their Christian faith with their mom, she cried, knowing their family would be shamed and face persecution in their Muslim culture. Maksud’s father was not home when they announced their newfound faith to their mother. When he heard of their decision, he asked both brothers to confirm their decision to follow Jesus. Expecting their father to be angry, both young men said that yes, they had become Christians. Their father’s response shocked them:
“Thanks to God. Two years ago, I gave my life to Christ. I didn’t know how to tell you, but I was praying for you guys.”
Many people in Central Asia, upon sharing their faith in Christ with family members, face beatings, rejection, and being kicked out of their home. Even though Maksud didn’t experience persecution from inside his home, he knew that he and his brothers would be persecuted by others.
Today Maksud is a pastor, and his brother also pastors a church. Listen as he tells how we can pray for his people in Central Asia, including praying that whole families will come to Christ together.
#voicesofthemartyrs #SufferforJesus
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I am a Christian, my name is Abdur Rashid. I came from Bangladesh to Dubai to preach the good news of God's kingdom, God is asking me to preach His good news to the Muslim nation. Pray that the Lord will provide all that is needed to work for the Lord. May I do the work of the Lord's kingdom.
@Eddie33154
10 ай бұрын
Dear Father in Heaven, in the name of Jesus Your Beloved Son, our Lord and Saviour God, please shower this dear servant of Yours with Your grace, and peace and joy, and holy energy to do Your work in the place You have appointed Him to work. May Your riches from Your storehouse be granted to Him according to the need, so that every need will be supplied according to Your riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Thank You Father for Your abundant supply, in Jesus name amen .
@enigma0876
5 ай бұрын
God bless you brother.
I have heard of HEARTBREAKING stories of Muslums who have decided to follow Jesus. Not only have the sons and daughters been tossed out of their homes, but parents and communities held funeral ceremonies and had burials for their children includung gravestones. What a beautiful story of redemption! God bless you and your family...❤❤❤
@shulamiteKINGSbride
11 ай бұрын
Jews do the same
@kap849
11 ай бұрын
Sacrificing these saints to their false God. Sounds familiar? Look at the Old Testament.
We are going to live with Jesus forever ❤❤❤
Oh my goodness.. I’m almost on tears listening to this beautiful testimony.. May the Lord Jesus Christ bless and keep us all.. 🙏✝️❤️
Couldn't help but say Wow! when he shared how his father admitted that he too had become a follower of Jesus! Beautiful testimony.
Every tribe and every tongue will proclaim that Jesus is Lord. Thank you for this beautiful testimony and for your gentle example
He is reclaiming His children one by one, we thank God for your bravery🙏🙏🙏
Praying everyday that Muslims have dreams and visions of Jesus our Lord. God bless you Maxsud and your family OH mighty man of God.
Beautiful testimony ..another ambassador of Jesus Christ ❤🙏🇬🇧
Please pray for the salvation of my doctor Anar Taumanova . I believe she is a Muslim from khazikstan she told me her husband and son are Catholic . Pray for household salvation for her her husband and son. I have preached the gospel to her in a letter and gave her John's gospel. Pray God opens her heart to repent and believe in Christ
As I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ me and my household will be saved.
Jesus Christ is King and lord.
Im encouraged that Maksud finds so much grace in realizing his humanity but the Holy spirit strengthens him from fear to boldness yet tender and compassionate.
I love this story. Please pray my family will be saved also. I have been praying for them. I am praying for you. You are so brave ❤
@robyn4062
Жыл бұрын
Dear lively heavenly Father, please draw Laura's family to yourself.
Great testimony! Thank You, Lord Jesus for saving our brothers. Protect them 🙏🏾
Is the best way to suffer or die 💯 %😃😄Praise the Lord Almighty 🙏 and God help us to be more like JESUS🙏
what a beautiful, brave, and passionate man of GOD, brother Maxud! Thank you to inspire us to live the real Gospel and to love Jesus better
I love you Jesus. Praise the Lord brothers , please pray for me iwant only to preach Jesus
The Lord Jesus Christ loves all sinners.His gift of Life is for all who will accept Him...Thank you for your testimony brother in Christ👏👏👏
Wow this is really touching story!! I Love it, and promised to pray❤🙏
Why here am tearing thank you Jesus , i trust in Jesus 🙏❤️
I pray the brother gets filled with the Holy Spirit
❤ listening to this podcast. Hallelujah praise The Lord God Almighty Father. It’s so moving & heartwarming knowing this wonderful testament. God took a long time to save the family. 🙏🏻 🕊️
praise the Lord. God bless you brother in Christ
Prayers for all serving our Lord Jesus Christ !!! John 14:9 KJV Bible !!!
Your voice, your testimony is like perfume to my ears just as the BIBLE says. So soothing, sincere, loving, and pure is your love for GOD THE FATHER AND our LORD JESUS CHRIST! PROVERBS 11:30 KJV "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life;and he that winneth souls is wise."
This is such a Beautiful Testimony! Praise The Lord Jesus Christ!
Father YAHWEH in heaven. We lift up to you Brother Maksud. Let great spiritual awakening happen in Central Asia. Remove the blinds from the eyes of the Muslims inflicted by Satan as revealed by JESUS CHRIST in the Bible in the book of Luke 11: 33-36. & 2 Corinthians 4:3-5. Glory Honor Praises to our Father YAHWEH in the most powerful name of YESHUAH HAMASHIACH. Amen.
Praying for you my brothers and sisters!
HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH PRAISE THE LORD JASHUA ALMASIH PRINCE OF PEACE AND THE GREAT CONCEALER.
Hallelujah!to God be all the glory for reclaiming His own!Hallelujah non shall be lost
❤ you are a great treasure in God's family! myself ex muslim.
Brother Maksud, God bless you always. In my language, Indonesian, maksud means purpose or meaning. You really fulfil your life purpose!
AMEN...Jesus Reign... watching from the Philippines
Glory to God for the wonderful works that he has done in this brothers life.
God is so good to Mahsud and family, praise the Lord for His salvation. Please pray for my students to receive Jesus, as I teach in a secular school with few Christians and high Muslim ratio.
When your father hugged you, I cried.
All honors, praise, and glory belong to Jesus ... Hallelujah
Powerful testimony 🙏❤️
Another wonderful God-glorifying and Church-edifying podcast from VOM… Thank you! (May I suggest that the moderator please take-down any inappropriate Comments. You have been given a sphere of influence and you therefore have an obligation to protect His flock. Posts which focus on worldly mammon are antithetical to His Kingdom as well as an insult to the brothers testimony. Please remove and block that money-focused post.)
A wonderful and powerful testimony of a follower of Jesus Christ, and family. God continue to bless you and your family as he certainly will. My sheep hear my voice. Amen.
God's Name Be Blessed. Thank you for your testimony, Brother Maqsood!
Praying always for believers in the Middle East and those being persecuted.🙏🏾
Awesome story God is good we’re praying for your country brother!
If we carry the Cross for Lord Jesus dats an honour coz we also endure these pain for Jesus Christ. Amen
Awesome testimony. Hallelujah ❤️🙏
Thank you for sharing your powerful testimony of love for your countrymen and for those who are lost! Leaving a blessing behind you and seeds of joy everywhere your go! I am so inspired! I will be praying for you, your country, and especially for families come to our LORD Jesus Christ and find healing and redemption!
I deeply enjoyed this brother's testimony. Love Jesus very much👍🏼
Glory to God. Awesome testimony 🎊🎉🙌🎊🎉❤
I crying to hear that this is real Jesus love is real God bless you brother you crown of live wait for you
Amen thank you beautiful Jesus thank you for saving this precious brother!
All glory to God that your whole family became very bold follower of Christ !!!
Thank you so much for sharing this with us!!❤
Amen. Great and powerful testimony. God bless.
Oh Amen and Amen to that my brothers. We belong to such a loving God - Jesus paid such high price for us
I pray that your testimony will be used by God to touch the hearts of many ,many of your fellow people to come to have personal relationship with Jesus !
With Jesus anything is possible. Praise God!
Praying Praying 🙏 🤲 for you 🙏 ❤ all ❤ 🙏 God bless you all To God Be The Glory great testimony 🙏 amen love ❤
Praise the lord 🌈
I pray a Rosary for my Brothers in Asia , you are not alone our God Jesus and his mother Holy Mary are with you and that´s one of the reaso why i love being a Catholic, most of our saints were martyrs in their lands and their centuries, you can learn so much from them
@richardpetker4337
11 ай бұрын
What kind of prayer is a rosary?
@oneonly7408
11 ай бұрын
Catholicism is a PAGAN RELIGION come away from it !!!!!!
@elizabeteborn5223
11 ай бұрын
Dear Dylan, We only pray to God the Father in Jesus name, just like Mary and the Christians do. The catholic religion is not of God!
LOL...Amen Again 🙏 ***GODBLESS THE MAXSUD FAMILY AND THOSE WHO BELIEVE AROUND THEM AS WELL IN JESUS CHRIST HOLY HEALING BLOODY ANOINTED ALMIGHTY NAME AMEN ✝️ 🙏 🕊 🕊 🕊
AMEN,GOD BLESSED YOU MY BROTHER.
What a most blessed testimony! Sometimes, we think we are all alone because there are things happening to us that it is hard to understand why. And then, we hear this beautiful and most touching story in which the LORD is the epicenter and the causer of it, and we find out that HE kept more than a few, most likely thousands to HIMSELF. It filled my heart with joy. Blessed be His NAME forever. My God, my LORD and my FATHER. Amen.
Jesus love us..never give up on him..❤🤲
Amazing testimony, Amen 🙏❤
Human race will perish without Jesus...
What a touching story thank you brother.
Real men of God light the way of following Jesus starting from father Abraham. Brother Mashut, you and your family are truly the chosen ones. Christ is the answer to the world's problems and through Him, we shall be saved as a crowd of witnesses. I love you very much, and the faith of Christ you profess. We pray earnestly pray for our Muslim friends and family members who want to be followers of Jesus Christ to come forward and declare Him as Saviour. The Lord will show mercy and grace to such obedient ones. Thank you the 700 Club for sharing this with us! To God be the glory forever. Amen 🙏.
Amen brother
God blees you 🌈
Wow! Brought me to tears what his father told him at dinner
That's Awesome!!! I Love You!!! Can you pray with me for my family and children, that they will ALL BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST 🙏😔✝️💯❤️ THANK YOU, Amen 🙏 HALLELUJAH 💟
God is good, powerful God. This story proves it.
Wonderful testimony. Am super excited. Praise God
I heard this same story on VOM just this last weekend!! I was hoping that this story would be the same story that was told AND IT IS!! It's such a beautiful testimony!! How the two brothers came to Jesus...then having to speak to their parents and finding out that their father was a believer...then finding out that their little brother wasn't a fighter but was being persecuted for Jesus! Then their mother comes to Jesus!! This story is so beautiful, amazing, and awesome ❤😅
Amazing testimony, where this story happened in country central Asia?
What an Amazing story. Praise the Lord Jesus Christ. How the Love of our Lord works. Amen.
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
What an inspirational testimony
I love you Brother.....Heaven is rejoicing for you......
Its indeed an honor to die in the name of our Lord. It's a blessing which is eternal.
Brother, your testimony....hearing your voice speak moved me deeply. Hearing you tell your mother does not worry because she knows Jesus is with her was very strong profession of faith and trust ♥ Please pray for America. America needs Jesus. Many have turned heathen here.
God bless all🙏
Wonderful testimony Jesus Christ of Nazareth your Great
Praises to God! The Gospel of Jesus Christ can never be stopped despite the enemy's spiritual warfare. This testimony is encouraging. We must fulfill Matthew 28:18-20.
Glory to God!! 25:01
amen great story all things are possible for God
Hallelujah❤
Kesaksian yang sangat bagus dan sangat menyentuh...
Amen.
YES! THE WORD OF GOD IS LIFE EVERLASTING!!!🙏😔✝️💯❤️
😢😢😢😢😢😢 very emotional....
My favorite KZread channel
I live the story. Thanks to God.
Yes I believe.
Amen & Only talking-Love of God blessing's with Peace.. This is what real mean of God.....
Praise Jesus brother
Humans are born to serve God , ❤❤that’s the reason we are on earth, after life will be forever ❤❤
May God bless you, brother, AMEN ALLELUIA
We all wish khizikstan the whole country to be transform encounter to Jesus that is the only highest honer & the rules radical way will not earning enter everlasting behind all & set us free.being the love of Jesus.