Topics:<\/b> Courage; Dedication; Devotion; Love for Christ; Martyrdom; Overcoming; Persecution; Trials; Victorious Living; Wholehearted Devotion<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Psalm 27:1\u20136; Matthew 5:10; 10:22; 16:24\u201326; Acts 5:41; 14:19; 2 Corinthians 11:24\u201326; Philippians 1:29<\/p>\n
On a Sunday morning in January 2006, five young men attacked and threatened to kill a Protestant church leader in Turkey. Kamil Kiroglu, twenty-nine, had just left his church in Adana when he was ambushed and beaten so severely that he fell unconscious twice.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were trying to force me to deny Jesus,\u201d Kiroglu said. \u201cBut each time they asked me to deny Jesus and become a Muslim, I said, \u2018Jesus is Lord.\u2019 The more I said, \u2018Jesus is Lord,\u2019 the more they beat me.\u201d One of the attackers pulled out a long knife and threatened to kill Kiroglu if he did not deny his Christian faith and return to Islam. Kiroglu refused.<\/p>\n
After the incident, he said, \u201cI am praising God\u2014not because he saved me from death, but because he helped me not to deny him in the shadow of death.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014\u201cConvert Christian Beaten Unconscious,\u201d Compass Direct<\/i> (January 20, 2006)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Courage; Dedication; Devotion; Love for Christ; Martyrdom; Overcoming; Persecution; Trials; Victorious Living; Wholehearted Devotion References: Psalm 27:1\u20136; Matthew 5:10; 10:22; 16:24\u201326; Acts 5:41; 14:19; 2 Corinthians 11:24\u201326; Philippians 1:29 On a Sunday morning in January 2006, five young men attacked and threatened to kill a Protestant church leader in Turkey. Kamil Kiroglu, twenty-nine, had … Continue reading “STRENGTHENED
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