Laying Your Life On the Line for Christ (Part 2 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Virginia Prodan is an author, international human rights attorney, and public speaker. She shares her powerful story of courageously sharing God's love with a gun-wielding assassin in Communist Romania sent to execute her in her law office. For defending Christians behind the Iron Curtain, Virginia was kidnapped, beaten, and had her life threatened on several occasions. She shares about leading her would-be assassin to Christ and inspires listeners to fearlessly stand for the truth, no matter the cost. (Part 2 of 2)
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| 0:00.0 | After 11 years, Brett's marriage had grown stale. |
| 0:03.5 | He wanted something better for him and his wife. |
| 0:06.5 | Focus on the families, helped our marriage from the standpoint of opening our hearts to see things from the other's perspective |
| 0:16.5 | and to make sure that God is centered in our marriage. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm Jim Daly. |
| 0:22.0 | Together we can give families hope. Donate at focus on the family.com |
| 0:26.9 | slash gift and your gift will be doubled. |
| 0:29.5 | And I heard the Lord whispering to me, do not be terrified by them. It was like a cold water that came on me, reminding me, God is here. I'm in his hands. Don't worry, don't |
| 0:48.9 | look at the situation. I even say to them, I don't like what you're doing but God loves you and I choose to love you |
| 0:59.2 | That's Virginia Prodon sharing about her persecution years ago at the hands of the Romanian government. |
| 1:06.2 | What a woman of faith and you're going to hear more of her remarkable story today on focus |
| 1:10.6 | on the family working as a human rights attorney behind the iron curtain |
| 1:14.7 | and all of the miracles God has done in her life. Your host is focus president and |
| 1:19.7 | author Jim Daly and I'm John Fuller. John, last time we enjoyed the first part of Virginia's testimony about being interrogated |
| 1:27.5 | and beaten for defending Christians in court, during the rule of former communist dictator Chicheu, Virginia came to Christ in her 20s, |
| 1:36.6 | she was raised in Romania by her aunt, she had a very difficult childhood and didn't know |
| 1:42.0 | who her mother was until much later in life. |
| 1:45.4 | To hear that extended conversation with Virginia, listen to my podcast, refocus with Jim Daly. |
| 1:51.2 | You can find it wherever you get your podcast and we'll also |
| 1:53.9 | provide a link on our webpage. Right and Virginia is an Allied attorney for |
| 1:58.6 | Alliance defending freedom. She's a writer, speaker, and podcaster and lives in Dallas, Texas. She has three adult children. |
| 2:06.0 | And her story is captured in a really remarkable book called Saving My Assassin. |
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