Week Two: Can’t express enough how exciting it’s been to watch Nazgol begin her journey as a brand new Christian. Full of joy, exuding a huge heart for God, connecting in the church, hungry for Scripture, Nazgol is discovering more and more the beauty of God and His grace. If you missed my letter last week, Nazgol, born a Muslim in Iran and now studying in America, came into my office 10 days ago wanting to know how to become a Christian. Taking her through some salvational Bible passages, she eagerly gave her life to Christ. Nazgol is getting baptized right after morning prayer (9 am) this coming Saturday. We are walking to Main Beach from the church. Join us. You’ll be blessed and so will she.
Here are some of your responses to her story…
“Awesome testimony of salvation, Pastor Jay! Fans the flames in my soul! Getting fired up again!” Lisa Thompson
“What a wonderful Savior we have.” Tom Ravensberg
“It’s a dream come true. God’s been doing some marvelous things. Her name gives me goose bumps.” Barbo Goldstein
“God is absolutely amazing!!!” Mary Deane
“YES YES YES! I’m starting to see signs that a couple of old men like us, who experienced the 70’s Jesus Movement, may be seeing a new revival yet in our lifetime.” Geoff Thompson
“What a wonderful story, Jay, I love it.” Patty Darnall
“Super inspiring, Pastor Jay! Love this God-orchestrated following of her heart. What courage by her! Love the Spirit just smiling down on her.” Sean & Paige Whiting
“Thanks for sharing Nazgol’s story, Jay. Made my day.” Athol Dickson
“This is so beautiful, Jay.” Sandy West
“That was a wonderful message about Nazgol Makki. It’s also convicting. We need to have the same thirst for God’s Word as this new believer does.” Skip Simpson
“WOW! Tears over this new sister in Christ.” Christina Carter
“This is so encouraging Jay!!! The angels are rejoicing! Cindy Peterson
“So great to meet Nazgol on Thursday night at Barnabas Cottage. God is so good.” Jenny Kessner
“Praise God! I am so happy you shared this.” Bill Miller
Prayer Needs This Week
- Upcoming Youth Road Trip
- Arrival of Sophie, our new youth intern from Colorado.
- The host families of our four youth interns
- Kathleen and Penny, leaders of Barnabas Cottage, both ill
- Our Sunday study in the Psalms
- A young lady, new to our church, suffering from epileptic seizures the past few months
- Baby girl Camdynn, in a coma, suffering from kidney failure
- Nazgol’s baptism this Saturday
From A.B. Simpson: “The world is to be evangelized by the Church on her knees,”
From Corrie ten Boom: “There are no places safer than other places. The center of God’s will is our only safety. Let us pray that we may always know it.”
From Psalm 27:1: “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?”
Pastor Jay