"Liena" and her family are Christians living in Syria. As Liena prayed and asked God what He wanted her to do as His witness, He answered three times in three days. What He asked of her on day three was hard but she obeyed. Along with her husband, she explained to her children that someday, men with swords might force their way into their home and demand that they convert to Islam. She told her children not to deny Christ. She told them that they might feel some pain and see some blood, but soon would be in the presence of Jesus.
I am grateful for Liena's example of a parent protecting her children from a threat greater than death.
“And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God; but he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God” (Luke 12:8–9).
This is not just what it means to be a Christian in Syria. This is what it means to be a Christian.
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