Sammy Azariah (from Pakistan) has just given the last of this morning’s five Bible studies. Taking Isaiah 12:4-5 as his text, he spoke about forgiveness and the daily struggles faced by Christians in his home country.
Sammy said that life in Pakistan offered Christians “a real challenge to implement the new commandment of Jesus Christ.”
“It’s a real struggle,” he said,’ “But we try our best. We make the effort, and we have seen good things happen as a result.”
Sammy used clips from a documentary called Burning Paradise: Swat Valley to give some idea of what Pakistani Christians were up against, then added a few stories of his own. We were all left with touching examples of how forgiveness has helped a body of believers make progress in an environment where violence and intolerance are commonplace.. As Sammy himself put is, “Forgiveness is the bridge.”
(By the way, if you’re wondering what the title of this post means, it’s what Sammy said to Chris Elliott earlier today, when she asked him to give us a kick-start.)
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