Missions: "God Had Their Back"
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The Voice of the Martyrs
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🗓️ 4 September 2015
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Jesus told his disciples to "Go into all the world." He didn't say it would be easy.
Verne and Denny Johnson have experienced the joy of seeing people come to Christ while serving as missionaries in Ivory Coast. But they've also experienced dark days.
They watched their children almost die from malaria. War forced them to evacuate their home and leave the people they loved. But God even used those dark times to bring blessings into their lives, and to open the door for further ministry.
Listen as Verne and Denny share their story, and share specific ways for you to pray for missionaries and gospel workers around the world.
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| 0:00.0 | being a missionary isn't easy. |
| 0:08.0 | Those were low points. |
| 0:11.0 | There are many challenges both physical and spiritual. It really took me |
| 0:15.2 | three years before I could thank the Lord and believe that he was still good and |
| 0:19.0 | that he did have a purpose. But God uses even the low points and hardships for his purposes. |
| 0:26.0 | The Lord is so good in my life to have knocked out so many other things that were in competition with him. I just thank the Lord |
| 0:34.2 | because I see how he took those low points and used them for good in my life. |
| 0:38.6 | We'll meet a missionary couple serving on the front lines of kingdom work. |
| 0:43.0 | We'll hear about the highs and the lows |
| 0:46.0 | and about the overarching faithfulness of God, |
| 0:49.0 | right now on the voice of the martyrs radio network. |
| 0:55.0 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. |
| 1:01.0 | In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. He sent |
| 1:05.2 | them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus's words came true in the life of the |
| 1:09.8 | apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 1:15.0 | Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help. |
| 1:20.0 | Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. |
| 1:29.0 | Welcome to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. We have the privilege today of speaking with some missionaries and I I'm a missionary kid so I love |
| 1:36.6 | missionaries I love missions and we're going to talk a little bit about that in the studio with us we have Vern and Denny Johnson. They are |
| 1:45.4 | missionaries to the Ivory Coast or Coate de Vois and they are trainers of missionaries for new tribe's mission. |
| 1:54.1 | So we're gonna talk a little bit about that. |
| 1:56.5 | Vern and Denny, welcome to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. |
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