Sorry so long it is a few but not even all the testimonies!!
I’m so in awe of God right now. We had an opportunity to sing Christmas carols with a church in a mall where there is all Muslims. Remember this is their domain we are in. Well it wouldn’t just be singing Christmas carols for me. I knew that the songs that were about Jesus I would be worshiping Him. So of course I got in my place with Him and danced and worshipped as we sang about Jesus in front of a bunch of Muslims. So as they stopped and stared, and I looked up as you can see the balconies to the two upper levels of floors above us people were just hanging over railings looking down at us. I just kept releasing my faith that God was touching them and held on to the words that many people have spoken over me about my worship which is… “it produces freedom.” So as I sang about my Savior, God of grace that came to free us my heart was so overwhelmed with God’s love, my eyes were closed and I was not concerned about caroling–I was going to worship Jesus freely and unashamedly in front of these Muslims. Well the guy who was leading us came over to me with the mic and asked me if I wanted to share something about Christmas. I think I was stunned and immediately said no. The thoughts of it being illegal and how people have made such a big deal out of them being closed and so forth started saying, “there’s no way”, but the Holy Ghost burned in me from that moment, so I couldn’t resist it for long.
I had just watched a documentary on a minister going around praying for people and getting them healed and delivered by the love of God and at the end of the movie the words were written on the screen…”opportunities are passing us by….”
So finally after a few more songs I whispered over to the man leading us and asked if I can share a little of my testimony and what Christmas means to me.
Well I’m telling you when I grabbed that mic God filled my mouth and I spit out a bit of my testimony then started sharing on the Love of the Father and kept telling them how loved they are and that the Father sent Love Himself–this Jesus our Savior that we sing about. I had no idea I could speak that boldly over the mic. I personally used to run from the mic just because of how I’ve seen people use it for their glory. But at this moment all I could think of were all these Muslims standing there, and at this point I was about to glorify Jesus in their midst!!!!
After I was pretty much stunned with what just happened!!! I was already in awe that I had an opportunity to worship and dance freely unto Jesus in this mall, but now all I could think of was the seeds of love that were scattered in the hearts of these precious people that God so loves.
After we were done this older women comes charging up to me and wraps her arms around my waste as her daughter who is muslim says can my mother take a picture with you. For a split second I’m not joking the thought came to my mind, “oh my gosh their taking a picture of me and going to come find and arrest me!!” Which gets me to the subject that it’s so important to guard our hearts when people want to tell us all the negative because God has supernatural favor and protection available if we would speak and believe it!! And I have witnessed favor over and over again with these muslims!! I’m telling you, I love them and they love me!!
So anyway I had to shake that lie off real quick that I could get arrested and just love–then the lady said I am a Christian and the muslim daughter said my mother is a Christian. This muslim women almost said it like she was proud!!! The whole thing was surreal. So I said to the muslim women, “can we take a picture with my phone and you get in it?” She said, “oh yes, and my family?” I said yes yes!! So she calls her entire family– her husband, two daughters and son to get in this picture! This muslim women then shook our hands and held on to it. So the whole time I was talking she was holding my hand and she kept gazing into my eyes saying how beautiful my eyes are. Now listen I understand they are green and a nice color, but the eyes are the gateway to the heart and I believe she was seeing Jesus through my eyes, and that His love was piercing her soul!!! (don’t mind Santa he photobombed!)
SO WAIT IT GETS BETTER!!!! (another testimony)
Wow God is amazing I can’t even… God has surely embedded muslims in my heart!!!! Since Friday is church services here we decided to split up to the different church’s. After sharing my testimony at the mall a man in charge of the Christmas production asked me if I was gonna be at church on Friday. At that time I had wanted to go to one of the other churches, but God seemed to change my plan. I told them we were all splitting up to the different churches so I wasn’t sure. He had mentioned he wanted one of us to share a testimony. So I took that as my cue and prayed about it. Even know I wanted to go to the other church I was being nudged to go to this one. His wife said that this particular muslim man would come who was searching and so I started praying for him. I knew it was for this purpose to go and share my testimony.
I had been particularly working with the Holy Spirit to not let me miss opportunities that are passing me by. I have 5 other teammates that also have to be in agreement with what everyone is supposed to do, so it can get hairy. But it worked out that I could go to this particular church and share my testimony. After service I was looking for this particular muslim not knowing what he looked like. I spotted someone that I thought might be him. But my teammate said he looks too Chinese. The Chinese in the area are usually not muslim. But all the Malay’s are muslim. If you are born Malay in this area you are automatically muslim and it’s illegal for you to convert.
After church food was prepared for us and we were trying to find a seat. Me not thinking about the man anymore and looking for a seat we end up squeezing at this one table. Only to realize after we sat that this man I spotted was at this table. We got in conversation and he was asking what we were doing and I told him all about the missionary work. He was super responsive so I didn’t think it was him. I introduced my name and sure enough it was him!!! The man in charge who asked me to speak was at this table as well and said the muslim man (who’s name I can’t say) came late and missed the testimony to share with him. So I just went for it!!! Being me–passionately talking about what Jesus did for the old drug addict, alcoholic, crazy Daiva and how my encounter with the Father’s Love and Light completely transformed my life!
Well after I was done he turns to the man in charge and says, “I learned more from her in 5 minutes!” Well that just opened up the platform for Jesus to shine. He started asking me all these questions!! We got up took pictures with everyone and I sat down again and was the only one at the table and he sits down next to me, leans over and says quietly, “lemme ask you a question. Are people from different religions allowed to pray to Jesus?” And of course I said yes!!! I told him a little of the difference between religion and relationship, and that Jesus is all about relationship. After being the last few people in the church to leave he invited my teammate and I to the shop next door for coffee to continue talking.
He then put a video on his phone and handed it to me. It was a prayer receiving Jesus in your heart and repenting of your sin. As I watched my eyes filled with tears knowing that this muslim who was in darkness and the control of religion was searching for freedom, was searching for the Real, was searching to fill this void that religion could never fill, and when you seek Him you will find Him!! After it was done I looked up and asked if he prayed this? As he put his hand up and nodded –ohhh his face was so priceless!! His name is now written in the Lambs book of life and will spend eternity in Heaven. And he has begun his journey in seeking the Kingdom here on earth..wow, wow!!
He is quiet right now since it is a illegal for them to convert. There are detention camps to brain wash them back to be muslim. So he is not saying anything to his family. This is exactly the difference between religion and relationship. If anyone is putting pressure on you to believe something–it’s not God!! He gives us freewill and woos us by His love and affection toward us. It’s His love and goodness that causes people to repent and turn to Him. Religion will manipulate and is driven by fear, but our Creator is not like that. I don’t even consider myself a religion because of all the hypocrisy and division between the denominations of even Christianity. It was never suppose to be divided up. It was supposed to be One Body of Christ. Like the book of Acts!!
I asked him if it is illegal for him to go to church? He said he is trying to find that out. Pray for this man (I’m not at liberty to say his name) that his family will be saved and there will be a movement of the Holy Ghost that the majority of muslims becomes the minority and that the government will be saved!!! My teammate gave him his own bible so he can start his journey in finding out who God is and who He made this man to be!!!
OK WAIT IT GETS EVEN BETTER!!!!
SO Christmas Day we were invited to the man who was in charge of the Christmas production who’s friends with the muslim. The muslim told me he would be there, so of course I was going to believe for a way to get there. Remember I have 5 other teammates that all have to be in agreement in what we do. (It’s like a marriage with 5 people haha!!). But praise God we got there!! And sure enough we found ourselves sitting in a private area in the backyard with the muslim. As we talked he gazed intently at me like he wanted to say something, I waited and said, “what?” He then said something like….. “I’m just thinking, it was like I was caused to meet you.” Well I about jumped out my chair, “of course!!” I told him I have people in America praying and they spoke over me before I left that there would be people waiting for me and God would bring them to me!! Haha you can imagine how excited I was when he realized it was a set up!!! I’m just done being sorry about how excited I am especially when God puts all the puzzle pieces together and a muslim is starting to see the orchestration of God!!!
So then his family comes over and sits down. Well my teammates had already called taxi’s to leave so I knew my time was limited with the family. I was secretly believing the taxi’s would be delayed so I could have more time with them–sure enough they were because they went to the wrong destination!!!! So I got like an extra 30 minutes with them and God showed up!! The muslim turns to me and tells me to tell his family my story. In my head I’m like whaaaa?!! So Bam I testify about what my encounter with Jesus has done!! His wife was so open, and moved and asked questions. God is so amazing and He always makes a way where there seems to be no way if only we would trust Him, if only we would believe. I’m amazed at the favor He has given me with these muslims when everyone else wants to say its a hard place to minister and that they are closed and that it’s illegal I just say, “nope not for me!!! Favor of God is on me and I love muslims and they love me!!!”
Jesus is moving amongst the muslims, and they are being transformed!!!
