This is a story told by American pastor Bill Hybels.
A couple of years ago, a member of my church’s vocal team, and I was invited by a Christian leader named Yesu to go to southern India. There we would join a team of people from various parts of the U.S. We were told that God would use us to reach Muslims and Hindus and non-religious people for Christ. We all felt called by God to go, but none of us knew what to expect.
When we arrived, Yesu met us and invited us to his home. Over the course of the next few days, he told us about his ministry.
Yasu’s father, a dynamic leader, and the speaker had started the mission in a Hindu-dominated area. One day a Hindu leader came to Yasu’s father and asked for prayer. Eager to pray with him, hoping he would lead him to Christ, he took him into a private room, knelt down with him, closed his eyes, and began to pray.
While he was praying, the Hindu man reached into his robe, pulled out a knife, and stabbed him repeatedly.
Yesu, hearing his father’s screams, ran to help him. He held him in his arms as blood poured out onto the floor of the hut. Three days later, his father died.
On his deathbed, he said to his son, “Please tell that man that he is forgiven. Care for your mother and carry on this ministry. Do whatever it takes to win people to Christ.”
-- From Too Busy Not To Pray
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