Uzbekistan: Like Scripture Came To Life

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🗓️ 26 May 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

As a young man, Dmitry “David” Shestakov was a criminal and a drug user. His mother—an atheist—had tried everything to get her son’s attention and turn his life around. In desperation, she went to church and prayed, “God, if You exist, save my son!” God answered her prayer, and after Jesus saved him David committed to tell others the Good News that had transformed his heart.

God showed David early on that his service would be costly, and it was. He was arrested for his Christian work and sentenced to long years in prison. “Why me?” he asked. But he saw God working even in prison.

One of the things God used to bless—and even protect—David was letters written by VOM readers through www.PrisonerAlert.com. Listen to hear how God used those letters to make David a respected figure in the prison, and help him avoid being beaten by the guards. You’ll also hear how the Uzbek government tried to add years to his sentence, but God miraculously moved and David was released, “like a Scripture came to life.”

Finally, David will share thoughts on how we can pray for Christians in prison right now, and for their family members, whose suffering is sometimes even greater than the prisoner’s. After you listen to how letters blessed David, write a letter to a Christian currently in prison at www.PrisonerAlert.com

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0:00.0	David Shestakov pastored a church in Uzbekistan.
0:04.8	He had an idealized notion of how well he would stand up under persecution or imprisonment for his faith.
0:13.0	But when he was arrested at his church one Sunday morning
0:17.0	and placed in a jail cell,
0:19.0	the true difficulty of the situation
0:22.0	began to sink in.
0:23.6	But this romantic feelings disappeared very quickly when they throw me into the sale
0:30.6	with all other criminals and I saw what's going on in it and I heard someone was
0:37.0	tortured in a sail next to ours and at that point all romantic feelings disappeared.
0:45.0	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:51.0	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:55.6	He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus's words came true in the life of the
1:00.4	apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives of his
1:03.9	followers around the world. Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their
1:07.6	inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs
1:12.0	radio network. Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:13.0	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:16.0	My name is Todd Nettleton, and we are in our studio today in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
1:21.0	We have a very special guest. Some of who have listened who have followed voice the martyrs for a long time
1:27.2	You will know this name, but you will have not met him yet and some of you will have written letters to him in fact. We're in the studio today with
1:37.3	Dimitri David Shustachov, former prisoner for Christ in the nation of Uzbekistan.
1:44.1	We're going to hear his story.
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