TURKMENISTAN: "I Will Open Doors You Can't Even Imagine"

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🗓️ 5 March 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Listen this week as we share Part 2 (listen to Part 1) of Silas's story. He will tell of the darkest moments in his life, suffering intense persecution for his Christian faith. Silas and his family continued in obedience to Christ despite threats from the KGB. Silas's refusal to bow to their agenda angered them.

Silas was arrested and tortured in ways that, as a lawyer, he found unbelievable. He says his doubts, shame, and moments of weakness reminded him to lean into God's power. By remembering the suffering of Christ, Silas was overwhelmed with comfort.

As Silas trusted the Lord in his suffering, he saw God working on the hearts of others—including his torturers! The head KGB officer who tortured Silas and his Christian friend later asked Silas's forgiveness and prayer for his family. He was even welcomed into the home of one of the Christians he'd tortured.

Today Silas is involved in ministry through radio/TV broadcasting and various internet platforms to share the gospel in the Turkmen language, knowing how it impacted him to see on film Jesus speaking his own language. Pray for the good news to continue to spread throughout Turkmenistan and to Turkmen people all over the world!

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0:00.0	Sometimes we have great plans for how we're going to serve the Lord.
0:04.8	But when our plans don't work out, it can feel like everything is falling apart.
0:11.2	Brother Silas launched a ministry in Turkmenistan with grand hopes
0:15.6	for reaching his people for Christ. So when he was expelled from the country,
0:21.8	he was very discouraged. I remember sitting in one of the houses that we were hiding
0:28.3	in neighboring country, I was crying out and praying to the Lord, why this happened,
0:32.8	why are you taking us away? I love my people. I want to see them really experiencing joy
0:38.0	of the salvation in your peace in Christ Jesus. And God was saying, there's a time,
0:44.9	season of life at times and just trust me. I will open the door so you can't even imagine.
0:51.4	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told his disciples that the world
0:58.6	would hate them. He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus' words came true in the life of
1:04.5	the apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world.
1:09.7	Join host Todd Netletons. We hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now
1:15.2	on the Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. My name
1:19.9	is Todd Netleton. Last week, we heard part one of our conversation with brother Silas.
1:25.6	We're not using his full name in order to protect his security. He is the first guest that we've
1:31.6	ever had on VOM Radio from Turkmenistan, one of the former Soviet republics in Central Asia.
1:38.1	If you missed last week's program, I want to really encourage you. Go and listen at VOMradio.net
1:45.9	or find Voice of the Martyrs Radio wherever you listen to podcasts.
1:50.9	When brother Silas was growing up, Turkmenistan was a part of the Soviet Union, so he learned
1:56.4	about communism and atheism. But the culture was greatly influenced by Islam. He described himself
2:04.8	as an atheist in his head, but a Muslim in his heart. After the Soviet Union collapsed,
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