Nate and Amber, Frontiers workers in South Asia, had been praying for months, asking God to introduce them to spiritually hungry men and women.
Amber had met plenty of women who enjoyed talking about religion. But she didn’t want to discuss religion. She longed to spend time with women who wanted more than to complete their religious obligations—who wanted something deeper and more meaningful.
Then Amber met Adeena, a woman who wanted to study God’s Word. But instead of just giving Adeena a Bible, Amber encouraged her to gather with family members and friends to study God’s Word with her.
“God gave us His Word to share with others,” Amber explained. “Do you know others who need to know His truth?”
Adeena thought of her husband, Kadeem. She also listed almost a dozen friends and their husbands who she thought would also be eager to learn from God’s Word. Amber began helping Adeena plan the first Bible study.
Meeting in Adeena and Kadeem’s living room, they gathered with a few friends and their spouses for their first Bible study. Nate and Amber joined them, and they all listened to a portion of Genesis about creation and God’s relationship with Adam and Eve.
Then Adeena prompted the group with questions: “What does this passage tell us about man? What does this tell us about God?” As Adeena led them through the passage, they were each encouraged to respond with their own answers.
The group found it challenging to give unscripted responses to the questions Adeena asked. In school, they’d been taught by rote memorization, a method that fails to help learners make practical use of new information.
But this new way—this process of discovery—was one they immediately liked. For the first time in their lives, they were finding it possible to encounter God for themselves through His Word.
As the couples began preparing to leave, Adeena’s friend Noura said to Amber, “I finally know why God created us. He wants a relationship with us—not for us to be His slaves.”
Noura’s husband added, “You know, the Quran doesn’t say anything like this—about why God created the world.”
Amber smiled and asked Noura and her husband, “What would it look like for you two to start your own study? Surely you know other people who need to hear this, right?” The couple agreed to gather some of their friends and family to study the Word in their own home.
A few days later, Nate and Amber encouraged Adeena and Kadeem to lead more Bible studies if they wanted to.
“You say we can lead this if we want to,” Kadeem said. “Well, that isn’t the point. We’ll continue reading the Bible with people because we know this Book is true and right. We need to help get this truth into the hands of many.”
Nate and Amber are encouraged to see how God is multiplying His Word through men and women like Adeena.
Please pray for God to stir up spiritual hunger in the hearts of Muslims—as He is doing in couples like Adeena and Kadeem.
And pray for more men and women who are so drawn by the truth of God’s Word that they will do whatever it takes to share it with others.
Discover how a Frontiers team in the Middle East is helping more Muslims encounter Jesus:
**This account comes from a long-term worker. Names have been changed for security.**
Original article: https://frontiersusa.org/blog/from-slave-to-friend/
