In The Presence of My Enemies
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The Voice of the Martyrs
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🗓️ 16 January 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Martin and Gracia Burnham were serving as missionaries in the Philippines, where Martin was a pilot with New Tribes Mission (now called Ethnos 360). The Burnhams went away for a few days to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Those few days turned into more than a year in the jungle when they were kidnapped and held hostage by radical Muslim terrorists.
Listen this week as Gracia tells how she wrestled with God and even with her own faith during those dark days of captivity. She'll also share how she experienced the prayers of God's people, even as Martin was killed during a rescue attempt.
Gracia says at times in the jungle she couldn't allow herself to even think about her three children because it was just to difficult. Yet now she knows the full story of God's faithfulness to them. She will also give an update on how God continues to work in the hearts of the terrorists that held them hostage.
Gracia's story will inspire you to find ways to glorify God, regardless of what challenges you may be facing. You can read the whole story in her book, In the Presence of My Enemies (affiliate link).
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| 0:00.0 | Many of us say that we're willing to endure any difficult thing that God calls us to do. |
| 0:07.4 | Graysha Burnham knows what it's like to live that claim out. |
| 0:11.2 | One day we were walking through a swamp, waste-high swamps. We'd just |
| 0:15.6 | been in a gun battle. There were wounded, they were dragging them through the |
| 0:18.8 | swamps. We were exhausted. The military came up over the hill and opened fire on us like they'd done, you know, |
| 0:26.0 | 16 times before and Martin was laying there bleeding from his chest and I was shot in the leg and I remember just |
| 0:35.1 | having a peace in my heart. |
| 0:38.6 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. |
| 0:43.0 | In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. |
| 0:46.6 | He sent them out as sheep among wolves. |
| 0:49.5 | Jesus's words came true in the life of the Apostles, |
| 0:52.4 | and they're still coming true today in the |
| 0:54.4 | lives of his followers around the world. Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear |
| 0:58.4 | their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network. |
| 1:04.0 | Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. |
| 1:07.0 | We have a very special privilege today. |
| 1:10.0 | In our studio with us, we have Grace Yha Burnham former hostage in the Philippines |
| 1:14.8 | somebody that many of our listeners will recognize her name many of our |
| 1:19.4 | listeners will have prayed for you while you were in the Philippines. So welcome Graysha, it's a |
| 1:24.4 | privilege to have you here. Thank you. It's my honor to be here. |
| 1:28.0 | Graysha is the author of two books and one in the presence of my enemies talks about your experience in the Philippines and |
| 1:35.6 | one of the things that you and Martin managed to do, I think from reading your book and from hearing |
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