UZBEKISTAN: Scripture Came To Life
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🗓️ 28 November 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
In the midst of his persecution, Pastor Dmitry "David" Shestakov remembered Christ on the cross, and determined in his heart that if Christ suffered willingly, David also would persevere through his time of suffering.
As a young man, David was a criminal and a drug user. His mother's desperate prayer to God—even though she was an atheist—led to Shestakov surrendering his life to Christ. Once surrendered, he immediately began to tell others about Jesus. He knew, early on, that such witness would be costly.
Listen to how God used letters written by VOM readers via www.PrisonerAlert.com to bless and protect David while he was in prison in Uzbekistan—even saving him from being beaten by guards. You'll also hear how the Uzbek government tried to add years to his sentence, but God miraculously moved and David was released, as he says, "like a Scripture came to life."
David will also help us know how to pray for Christians currently in prison, and for their family members.
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| 0:00.0 | David Chestacov pastored a church in Uzbekistan and he says that he had an idealized notion of how well he would handle persecution or imprisonment for his faith. |
| 0:14.0 | But when he was arrested at church on a Sunday morning |
| 0:18.0 | and then placed in a prison cell, |
| 0:21.0 | the true difficulty of the situation quickly began to sink in. |
| 0:27.0 | But this romantic feelings disappeared very quickly when they throw me into the sale with all other criminals and I saw what's going on in it. |
| 0:38.8 | And I heard someone was tortured in a sail next to ours and at that point all romantic feelings |
| 0:47.4 | disappeared. |
| 0:50.3 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. |
| 0:55.0 | In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. |
| 0:58.0 | He sent them out as sheep among wolves. |
| 1:01.0 | Jesus' words came true in the life of the Apostles and |
| 1:04.4 | they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 1:08.5 | Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network |
| 1:16.1 | Welcome back to Voice of the Martyrs radio. You know in the United States we just celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday and I know for many of our |
| 1:24.7 | listeners the celebration was bittersweet because of COVID outbreaks across the |
| 1:30.3 | country plans had to change for a lot of people. There were fewer family |
| 1:35.2 | gatherings and sadly some were even marking the day in the hospital or grieving |
| 1:42.3 | for a lost loved one. |
| 1:45.0 | It's easy to be thankful when things are going well. |
| 1:49.0 | It's not as easy when facing uncertainty and worry about the future. |
| 1:55.7 | Today's guest is gonna give us important perspective |
| 1:59.0 | on all that we can be thankful for. |
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