Good morning, dear friends in Messiah. This is "Part 2" of my story from my time at the Global Missions Conference in North Carolina. I must begin with a Scripture:
Exodus 5:7-18 7 “You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw. 8 But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ 9 Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.” 10 Then the slave drivers and the overseers went out and said to the people, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you any more straw. 11 Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced at all.’” 12 So the people scattered all over Egypt to gather stubble to use for straw. 13 The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, “Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw.” 14 And Pharaoh’s slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers they had appointed, demanding, “Why haven’t you met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?” 15 Then the Israelite overseers went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why have you treated your servants this way? 16 Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.” 17 Pharaoh said, “Lazy, that’s what you are—lazy! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’ 18 Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.” I can imagine how strange this must sound to you as the Scripture for my blog. What could this possibly have to do with anything happening TODAY? Well, my whole world and my very soul was rocked when I listened to the testimony of a young Pakistani man who is ministering life to about 56,000 believers in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus in the brick factories of Pakistan. What happened to the children of Israel in ancient times (in the book of Exodus) is happening RIGHT NOW to believers in Pakistan. I will not disclose the young man's name for his own safety, but I am longing to share with you his very real story of his work among these enslaved, persecuted people, and ask you to commit them to daily prayer. I will call him "Solomon" for the sake of telling his story. The extremely strict Islamic government of Pakistan has relegated any Christian believers they find to work in the various Brick Kiln factories. Fathers, mothers and their children are working day and night to produce the required QUOTA of bricks for each day. If they fall short of their quota, that number of bricks is added to the next day...and if they fail to meet THAT quota the next day, the number they were short is added to the next day, in an unending cycle of indentured servitude. When Solomon discovered their plight, he found that they were not being given any clean drinking water or adequate food, so many of them were succumbing to disease. When they began missing their quotas regularly, their fingers were amputated. When they got too sick to work, they were thrown into the fire of the brick kiln, where they died a horrific death. Outrage over the plight of these hopeless, persecuted Christians began to grow and by the grace of God and the Power of His Holy Spirit, Solomon and his team were granted permission to bring in clean water and food for these people, as well as spending time with them once a week in prayer and encouragement. I could literally HEAR his tears as he related his experiences with the people who have come to be known as "Brick Kiln Christians." Most of the world is unaware of their suffering and their unending servitude. I stayed to talk with Solomon after his time of speaking, and gave him the largest donation I could give. I plan to continue supporting his work, but I also know that the united prayers of all of us can work MIRACLES for them! Please pray that God will have mercy on these courageous people who have not abandoned their faith in Jesus, and like the ancient story of Exodus, He will deliver them out of this bondage and set them free! And if you are moved to help me support this work that so few even know about, please send your donation to: Doorkeeper Ministries PO Box 233 Eaton, CO 80615 Mark it for "Brick Kiln." Or you can click on this link and donate over our website. I will be faithful to see that Solomon gets it. https://www.doorkeeperministries.com/donate.html Our little ministry is being given more and more opportunities to sow seeds that will advance the Kingdom of God and spread the Love of Yeshua. We are also partnering with the amazing FAI (Frontier Alliance International) teams in Iraq and Iran, where they are encouraging, blessing and teaching the pastors of the fastest growing churches in the world! If you've not had a chance to see their incredible film, "Sheep Among Wolves," I will paste a link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SAPOLKF59U&t=3715s God is on the move, brothers and sisters, in ways greater than we can imagine! And after experiencing this conference, I believe what He has asked me to do is to send out a small Prayer Request Letter each week, for those who want to commit to prayer for the Persecuted Church and the missionaries who are risking their lives. If you want to sign up to receive this, please e-mail me back and just say SUBSCRIBE TO PRAYER LETTER. The exponential power of our united prayers truly will make a big difference and we will send up praises as we watch and see what the Holy One of Israel will do in the earth! One missionary who spoke to us delivered this powerful challenge: ARE YOU SETTLING FOR SLOGANS AND BUMPER STICKERS WHEN GOD CALLS YOU TO SCARS? As I said, my soul and spirit was rocked by the passion of these people. We can't all GO and bear the scars and risk of imprisonment and death to encourage, feed and minister to the Brick Kiln Christians (and many others like them around the world) but we can all PRAY!
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