Hannelie: "Peace Came Over Me"
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The Voice of the Martyrs
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2016
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In the second half of our conversation, Hannelie Groenewald recalls the day her husband and two teen-aged children were killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
She tells us which Psalm she read over and over again as she waited to hear whether her family was alive or dead, and the amazement of Afghans at her ability to forgive the Taliban murderers. Hannelie shares hard-earned truth with listeners who may be struggling to forgive someone who has wronged them, and talks about her future and God's faithfulness as she is finding her footing after the loss of her family and seeking God's plan for her in the coming years.
She'll also equip us to pray more effectively for the nation of Afghanistan and for our Christian brothers and sisters there. You can watch a video telling the story of Hannelie and her family, which was produced by VOM for the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.
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| 0:00.0 | It feels to a lot of people like violence and terrorism and unrest have increased even in the past year. |
| 0:07.6 | You know it's tempting to live in fear. |
| 0:11.2 | If you can relate, listen to Hena Lee Grunwald. |
| 0:14.0 | Her husband and children were martyred for their faith in Afghanistan, |
| 0:18.0 | and it would be easy for her to fear for her future. |
| 0:22.0 | But she shows us how fear can give way to faith. |
| 0:26.7 | I know God's with me, I've experienced him, I know he's real, and I think if we live in fear, |
| 0:32.4 | God's not maybe that real for us. So we have to get to the point where |
| 0:37.0 | we really believe what God's character is and that he is really the God that he says in his word he is. |
| 0:44.0 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. |
| 0:47.0 | In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. |
| 0:51.0 | He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus's words came true in the life |
| 0:55.9 | of the Apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 1:01.2 | Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories |
| 1:04.4 | and learn how we can help. Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio |
| 1:08.0 | network. Last week we were introduced to Hanalee Groenwald who followed God's call to Afghanistan with her husband |
| 1:15.4 | Werner and her children Rode and John Pierre. When we left off she had just |
| 1:21.0 | realized that there was an attack in her home in Kabul while she was |
| 1:26.5 | working in her job at a medical clinic. If you missed any of last week's program I |
| 1:31.6 | want to encourage you go to viewom radio.net and |
| 1:34.5 | listen to the first half of that interview with Hanalee. Let's pick the story |
| 1:39.2 | back up. Hanalee wouldn't have normally worked on that particular day, but she was called into the clinic |
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