Muslim man wanted to kill Christian cousin until Jesus appeared to him in a dream

An Egyptian Muslim who planned to kill his cousin for converting to Christianity has shared how he embraced the religion he once hated after Jesus delivered a powerful message to him in a dream.

Mostafa, a new convert in Egypt, recently shared with persecution watchdog Open Doors how he traveled to Cairo with the intention of killing his cousin, Mohammad, who had converted from Islam to Christianity.

In Egypt, converting from Islam to Christianity is seen as a betrayal of one’s family and heritage. Christian converts risk losing their family, friends, and even their lives.

After finding his cousin sitting in a Christian worship service, Mostafa slipped behind him and waited to make his move. But as he listened to the songs and prayers, he noticed that the words he was hearing appealed to him.

Following the service, Mostafa approached Mohammad with tears in his eyes: “I came all the way from our family’s village to spy on you and see if you had indeed become a Christian,” he said.

“I should inform your family about what I saw, but I just can’t. I think the choice you made might have been the right one. Can you tell me more? Why did you leave Islam for Christianity?”

That evening, the cousins spent hours talking about the Gospel. That night, Mostafa had a dream. He saw Jesus on the cross, looking at him and saying: “I did all of this because I love you, and I want you to be free from your sins.”

The next morning, Mostafa told Mohammed what he saw in his dream and asked his cousin to pray together with him for his salvation. Read – Open Heavens 21 February 2019

Mostafa recalled telling God: “I planned to kill my cousin, Your follower. But now I am prepared to give my life for You myself.”

The following month, Mostafa was baptized with his cousin standing next to him. He hasn’t told his family that he and Mohammed are now followers of Jesus, and the two men are currently living as secret believers.

Egypt is No. 16 on Open Doors’ World Watch List and continues to be a country that poses extreme danger and violence for Christians, according to the persecution watchdog. Various Islamic extremist groups remain the largest persecutors of Christians in the country.

Despite continued persecution, a number of Christians across the Middle East have embraced Christianity. Officially, about 10% of the 95 million population are Christian, although many believe the figure is significantly higher.

Last year, a former Muslim-turned-pastor who started hundreds of churches in Pakistantold The Christian Post that many Muslims are making decisions to convert after Jesus Himself has visited them in dreams and visions.

“It’s very dangerous for anyone to preach the Word of God face-to-face in non-Western countries,” the pastor told CP. “God reveals things through dreams to evangelists/pastors. People in the East are more uneducated and unable to read the Bible so God uses this method to reach them.”

“[People] are very faithful in the East, placing themselves in positions to see the signs of God by studying the Word of God,” he added. “Eastern people watch for the signs and miracles to show that the Word of God is alive. It is a privilege, one not everyone can share in — to own a Bible in the East. In the West, people look more for wisdom, like the Greeks of old. They do not always rely on faith, which can’t be seen.”

Mission Frontiers magazine also reported that out of 600 Muslim converts, 25 percent experienced a dream that led to their conversion.

A now-former shaman in a village in northwest China shared in another article for Open Doors in July that she saw Christ while on her deathbed.

“I was in the back seat of a taxi as my brother drove me toward endless darkness. But then three men, who were wearing brilliant white robes, approached. But their light was so bright, I couldn’t see their faces,” Ting, the former shaman, said of her experience.

“They told me I must make a choice. And as they spoke, two other men wearing black robes invited me to follow them. I knew in my heart one of the men wearing a white robe was Jesus. So I followed Him.”

In 2015, an Islamic State terror group fighter who had killed Christians also turned to Christ after reportedly dreaming of “a man in white.”

Courtesy of Rccg Media House

Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens February 21st 2019

1.Thank You, my Father, for the salvation of my soul, from eternal destruction, by Your mercy.

2.Thank You, Jesus, for leaving Your glory in heaven, to take the form of man, humbling Yourself and being obedient, even, unto the death on the cross.

3.Thank You, Jesus, for giving light to those who sit in darkness and those that are in the shadow of death.

4.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus’ name.

5.Father, arise, and frustrate all the plans of the enemies of Your church in Nigeria, and all over the world, in Jesus’ name.

6.Father, arrest all the persecutors and tormentors of Your church, and turn them into propagators of the same gospel they had ridiculed and opposed, in Jesus’ name. Read – Open Heavens 21 February 2019

7.Father, destroy the power of death in my life and give me abundant life in Jesus’ Name.

8.Father, deliver those under the bondage and captivity of Satan, in Jesus’ name.

9.Father, please, help me to live through today, without committing a single sin, in Jesus’ name.

10.Father, please, renew Your mercy and grace, over Pastor E.A. Adeboye, in Jesus’ name.

12.Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)
13.In Jesus’ name I pray.
(John 14:13-14; 15:16)
14.Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

Rccg Fasting Prayer Points 21st February 2019 – Prayer For Youth And Young Adults In Rccg

1. Praise and worship

2. Let us pray for the Youth and young adults in RCCG, that they will be strengthened to mortify the deeds of the flesh. Gal. 17: 21, Col 3:1-17

3. Let us pray to God for the Youth and young adults in RCCG that they will manifest the fruit of the spirit. Gal. 5:22-23

4. Let us ask God for the Youth and young adults in RCCG that they will be built according to God specifications. Gen. 6:22, Heb11:17

5. Let us ask God for a holy, vibrant youth and young adults in RCCG Heb. 12 :14-17

6. Let us pray that God will expose and expel disgracefully wolves in the coat of sheep from among the Youth and young adults in RCCG. Nehemiah 4:11

7. Let us ask God for vigilant and battle ready Youth and young adults in RCCG. Nehemiah 4:11. Read – Open Heavens 21 February 2019

8. Let us ask God for kingdom oriented Youth and young adults in RCCG. Nehemiah 4:23

9. Arise oh Lord God of Israel and frustrate the plan of the enemy to breed wolves in the coat of sheep to take over as sheep in this Youth and young adults in RCCG

10. Have mercy oh Lord and don’t allow your son Pastor E.A. Adeboye to labour in vain over youths in RCCG.

11. Pray that they will become great, and greater than we their parents in all areas of life.

Personal Petition