Leaving Islam to fol-low Christ Jesus...This is a testimony from a sister, a former muslim believer, Miriam from Iran.
Growing up as a muslim in Iran, Miriam was taught to hate: "Islam is a very prejudiced religion, as a child I was raised to hate the jews. They (muslims) would talk very nasty about Christians: they are all dirty Christians; they would just call them dirty Christians.". As a teen she struggled with her beliefs, particularly about the role of women in islam. "I had problems with the law, sometimes I would try to just say: forget it, this law in religion does not make any sense to me because it is so cruel toward women. Why am I seeking great citizens?"
Miriam was maried when she was 17, she and her husband moved to the USA to attend college and had a son. But while in school Miriam's husband met some radical muslims. "He just absolutely changed into this dominant, mean man; and he put a special lock on the front door, that I needed a key to get out. I was a prisoner in my own home and then there was no love anymore you know... It was like his love was a privilege."
So Miriam prayed to Allah: "I would pray so hard that God would put love in my heart for my husband; so that I would not break up my marriage to the point that I would pass out from exhaustion.". Their relationship did not change and Miriam asked for divorce. "He beat me so hard one time that I could not go to school, because half of my face was just black and blue. He said to me: No no no, I am going to take you to Iran and once there home with me, I am going to make a good submissive wife out of you! I told him: what do you think? this is not Iran, you can't beat me up and put my head...and put me in the aeroplane, I am not coming!!!"
Miriam's husband kidnapped her son and went back to Iran. She divorced and lost all access to her family money by not returning to Iran. She never saw her son again, she tried to survive financially by working two jobs. After 5 years, Miriam met a man named Carver who soon became her fiance. While at home, Carver saw Miriam praying to Allah about their finances. "I was praying to God, to Mohammed, to Hassan, to Hussein, to all the prophets; and then all of a sudden I just looked toward the french doors...He was there standing, Lord Jesus!!! And I recognized Him, I was not even praying to Him. He was the furtherest thing from my mind".
Miriam's present husband speaking: "and she said, I see Jesus, He is standing right there. And I said, right where? she said, He is standing right there, He is all dressed in white." Miriam speaking; "And I knew that He was Jesus Christ. I did not know much else about Christianity, but I knew, that from that moment on I was going to be a Christian."
Miriam and Carver soon married and she continued to grow in her desire to learn about Jesus and Christianity. "I became of course very serious about praying to the Lord Jesus and seeking Christianity." Miriam began watching Christian television programs, including the 700 club. "I saw Pat Robertson, and it appeared to be a religious program in, because I heard him talk about Jesus. So at the end of his talk he made the altar call: If you want to come to Christ, just follow after me; and I did!!! And I received Jesus officially for the very first time, into my heart as my Lord and Savior and as my God."
In the days that followed, Miriam red the Bible and prayed: " I said Father, I don't want to offend You. Please you tell me if Jesus is your Son, if Jesus is Divine. And then I would open the Bible, I would go to the book of John. The Word became Flesh and dwelt among us. How can I get any more clear than that!!! "
Miriam and Carver had a son, she taught him about Jesus and to come to church, but her husband never went with them. Miriam's husband speaking: "My little son looked at me right in the eyes and said: Dad why can't we go to church? And I just did not have a good answer and I said: Carver we can and we will."
It was the very first time Carver stepped inside a church since he was a child. Miriam speaking: "the message just touched him that he received the Lord Jesus and he became a Christian. Which of course it was...it was my...the cry of my heart". Six month later the entire family was baptized together. "It was wonderful because we were...it was a full immersion baptism so, I died with Christ and I resurrected in a new creation in Christ." Over the years they continue to grow in their new found faith. "The most important thing that God has done for me was to save my soul, to come to the Lord Jesus, to know that Eternity is safe. I would share with people of other faiths like Muslims, who have no savior, like Buddhists who have no savior with Hindus who have no savior. The only faith that you have a Savior is Christianity. What the bible says is true: Jesus died on the cross, so we will be forgiven."
Miriam from Iran
find this testimony in video on:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzTIYil4WwM
Growing up as a muslim in Iran, Miriam was taught to hate: "Islam is a very prejudiced religion, as a child I was raised to hate the jews. They (muslims) would talk very nasty about Christians: they are all dirty Christians; they would just call them dirty Christians.". As a teen she struggled with her beliefs, particularly about the role of women in islam. "I had problems with the law, sometimes I would try to just say: forget it, this law in religion does not make any sense to me because it is so cruel toward women. Why am I seeking great citizens?"
Miriam was maried when she was 17, she and her husband moved to the USA to attend college and had a son. But while in school Miriam's husband met some radical muslims. "He just absolutely changed into this dominant, mean man; and he put a special lock on the front door, that I needed a key to get out. I was a prisoner in my own home and then there was no love anymore you know... It was like his love was a privilege."
So Miriam prayed to Allah: "I would pray so hard that God would put love in my heart for my husband; so that I would not break up my marriage to the point that I would pass out from exhaustion.". Their relationship did not change and Miriam asked for divorce. "He beat me so hard one time that I could not go to school, because half of my face was just black and blue. He said to me: No no no, I am going to take you to Iran and once there home with me, I am going to make a good submissive wife out of you! I told him: what do you think? this is not Iran, you can't beat me up and put my head...and put me in the aeroplane, I am not coming!!!"
Miriam's husband kidnapped her son and went back to Iran. She divorced and lost all access to her family money by not returning to Iran. She never saw her son again, she tried to survive financially by working two jobs. After 5 years, Miriam met a man named Carver who soon became her fiance. While at home, Carver saw Miriam praying to Allah about their finances. "I was praying to God, to Mohammed, to Hassan, to Hussein, to all the prophets; and then all of a sudden I just looked toward the french doors...He was there standing, Lord Jesus!!! And I recognized Him, I was not even praying to Him. He was the furtherest thing from my mind".
Miriam's present husband speaking: "and she said, I see Jesus, He is standing right there. And I said, right where? she said, He is standing right there, He is all dressed in white." Miriam speaking; "And I knew that He was Jesus Christ. I did not know much else about Christianity, but I knew, that from that moment on I was going to be a Christian."
Miriam and Carver soon married and she continued to grow in her desire to learn about Jesus and Christianity. "I became of course very serious about praying to the Lord Jesus and seeking Christianity." Miriam began watching Christian television programs, including the 700 club. "I saw Pat Robertson, and it appeared to be a religious program in, because I heard him talk about Jesus. So at the end of his talk he made the altar call: If you want to come to Christ, just follow after me; and I did!!! And I received Jesus officially for the very first time, into my heart as my Lord and Savior and as my God."
In the days that followed, Miriam red the Bible and prayed: " I said Father, I don't want to offend You. Please you tell me if Jesus is your Son, if Jesus is Divine. And then I would open the Bible, I would go to the book of John. The Word became Flesh and dwelt among us. How can I get any more clear than that!!! "
Miriam and Carver had a son, she taught him about Jesus and to come to church, but her husband never went with them. Miriam's husband speaking: "My little son looked at me right in the eyes and said: Dad why can't we go to church? And I just did not have a good answer and I said: Carver we can and we will."
It was the very first time Carver stepped inside a church since he was a child. Miriam speaking: "the message just touched him that he received the Lord Jesus and he became a Christian. Which of course it was...it was my...the cry of my heart". Six month later the entire family was baptized together. "It was wonderful because we were...it was a full immersion baptism so, I died with Christ and I resurrected in a new creation in Christ." Over the years they continue to grow in their new found faith. "The most important thing that God has done for me was to save my soul, to come to the Lord Jesus, to know that Eternity is safe. I would share with people of other faiths like Muslims, who have no savior, like Buddhists who have no savior with Hindus who have no savior. The only faith that you have a Savior is Christianity. What the bible says is true: Jesus died on the cross, so we will be forgiven."
Miriam from Iran
find this testimony in video on:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzTIYil4WwM