ANDREW & NORINE BRUNSON: Tested In Turkey
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🗓️ 16 May 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, many around the world are dealing with fear and discouragement. Andrew Brunson knows those feelings well.
After serving more than 20 years as gospel workers in Turkey, Pastor Andrew and Norine Brunson were suddenly arrested, accused of plotting with terrorist groups to overthrow the government of President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄźan. Norine was subsequently released, but Andrew spent two years in prison.
Listen as they share how God sustained them through this time of intense testing, including the brokenness Andrew felt, and his decision to rejoice—and even dance—as an act of obedience to God. Norine will talk about how she tried to encourage Andrew on her prison visits, and even gave him scripts to help him stand against fear, depression and hopelessness.
Listen to the complete conversation—three full episodes—with Andrew and Norine Brunson at www.VOMRadio.net/Brunson.
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| 0:00.0 | Do you ever ever wake up full of worries feeling far from the Lord? |
| 0:05.0 | Pastor Andrew Brunson spent two years in Turkish prisons and he often felt those same things. |
| 0:12.0 | He says he woke up with fear and with grief and |
| 0:16.4 | with anxiety and I'd begin to fight. Okay God I want to embrace my assignment. If my assignment is to be in prison now, give me the |
| 0:26.2 | endurance, help me to persevere. And I would fight for this throughout the day with various things. One of them was dancing. There were other things that I did as well. |
| 0:37.4 | Until by the end of the day into the evening I'd usually reach a point where I had |
| 0:47.4 | surrendered. usually reach a point where I had surrendered and that would bring me into the deepest level of peace that I experienced in prison. |
| 0:50.9 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. |
| 0:56.0 | In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. |
| 0:59.0 | He sent them out as sheep among wolves. |
| 1:02.0 | Jesus's words came true in the life of the apostle. them out as sheep among wolves. |
| 1:02.5 | Jesus's words came true in the life of the Apostles, |
| 1:05.4 | and they're still coming true today |
| 1:07.2 | in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 1:09.6 | Join host Todd Nettleton, |
| 1:11.0 | as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right |
| 1:14.6 | now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network. |
| 1:17.4 | It's probably safe to say today that the coronavirus pandemic and the economic downturn has affected everyone who's hearing my voice in |
| 1:26.3 | some way as so many are dealing with grief and all of us are walking through unknowns. |
| 1:34.0 | It's easy to fall into worry or fear or anger. |
| 1:39.0 | Today we're going to get some valuable perspective from Andrew and Norine Brunson. |
| 1:45.0 | Pastor Brunson spent two years imprisoned in Turkey where he had been working for two decades |
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