“I awoke in a very smelly place. My eyes were blindfolded and my hands were tied,” Najma detailed. “They [the kidnappers] told me the names of my children and their ages, the name of my husband and that I’m a minister at my church—everything. They then started pressuring me to convert.”
But Najma stayed true to our Lord and Savior. “I told them, ‘I can’t renounce my faith, even if you kill me. Death is better for me. Dying for Christ is gain for me.'”
When she didn’t give in, her Muslim captors tortured, humiliated and insulted her. They also denied her food and water.
Despite the intense religious persecution, Najma knew the Lord was on her side. “The whole time I was praying … I felt reassured, encouraged and felt that God was with me,” she told us. “I was very confident that God would do a miracle …”
When her husband discovered she was missing, he filed a police report. Church leaders and members of the Parliament got involved. Authorities ultimately tracked her down through surveillance camera footage and rescued her.
Today, Najma has safely returned home to her family. “What happened to me has increased my faith … Our God is a God of miracles. He loves us so much,” declared Najma.
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Father in Heaven, we thank You for a positive ending to this story! We give You all the glory for this amazing miracle. Thank You for sustaining Najma’s faith during this trying ordeal. Please continue to comfort and protect Najma, and heal any trauma she has experienced.
You are a God of the impossible and we ask that You would perform a miracle for other members of the persecuted church who desperately need Your intervention. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
About the author
Tim Dustin is a staff writer at Global Christian Relief and strives each day to share the story of the persecuted church with believers everywhere. Get an overview of Christian persecution on our website and read the latest stories at GlobalChristianRelief.org.
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