{"id":6453,"date":"2017-03-16T13:21:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T13:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=6453"},"modified":"2017-03-16T13:22:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T13:22:07","slug":"storm-miraculously-halts-muslims-from-destroying-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/storm-miraculously-halts-muslims-from-destroying-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Miraculously Halts Muslims From Destroying Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

From BIBLES4MIDEAST:<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"clouds\"<\/p>\n

Report: Ms. Minoo Hussain of Bibles for Mideast<\/a><\/span> from Africa<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

(March 15, 2017) \u00a0A mob of Muslim extremists attacked the pastor and believers of a church of Bibles for Mideast\u00a0in Central Africa today, coming at them with swords and iron bars and completely demolishing their church.\u00a0 The group had been participating in the 21 days of fasting and prayer called by the\u00a0Assembly of Loving God\u00a0(ALG Church).<\/span><\/p>\n

Pastor Musthafa, who also co-ordinates \u201cBibles for Mideast\u201d in Central Africa, had been leading the 40 (mostly women) in attendance in prayer. Church members were taking part in the fast, now into its third day.<\/span><\/p>\n

The pastor, his family and most of the believers had all once followed Islam. For the last two years, all have been avid but underground followers of Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n

Believers from nearby had been joining with those gathered at the church for their prayer times, while local Muslims kept an eye on the comings and goings. Pastor Musthafa and his team had also been courageously visiting some Muslims in their homes to pray and invite them to attend the prayer services. Their evangelistic intent had obviously leaked out. Enraged Muslim leaders gathered a mob of 25 to 30 people for the assault. Government authorities in that region support the demolition of churches, and so rarely intervene.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shouting \u201cAllahu Akbar,\u201d assailants forcibly entered the prayer hall, destroying all they could see, and ripping off the church roof.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"demolished-chuch3\"<\/span><\/p>\n

One man stabbed the pastor\u2019s neck with a large sword.\u00a0 But just as suddenly, Pastor Musthafa felt an invisible person pull him away from the blade. The \u2018invisible person\u2019 proved to be a huge warrior angel. The attacker, unable to regain his composure or aim, ended up injuring himself with his own sword.\u00a0 The attackers, now livid, began beating believers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Heavy rain and blustery winds unexpectedly formed with thunder and lightning, swirling around the church and surrounding area. Massive drops of rain fell on the attackers like stones, throwing them into disarray. Yet the believers stayed dry and protected from the downpour. Everyone then became aware of a large cloud over-shadowing the church, shielding believers from the rain. Believers then saw the Lord Jesus in the cloud, and fell to their knees before Him.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHallelujah!\u201d they began exclaiming at the tops of their lungs.<\/span><\/p>\n

As always with our God, the connected miracle lies in the fact the region had been near-drought, so the thirsty ground and surroundings soaked up the sorely-needed water.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seeing the praising believers safe from the deluge under what seemed to be the same cloud raining down on them, the attackers attempted to get to safety. But now huge hailstones fell from the cloud onto them, proving more painful than the rain. Attempting to escape, their legs\u2014now coated with mud\u2014made even walking difficult. But somehow they managed to leave. The rain had fallen only in the immediate surroundings of the church, not other areas in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

Within minutes, the rain ended and the cloud disappeared. Believers could not stop praising and thanking the Lord\u2014for His mighty protection from persecution, from what had seemed certain disaster, and that they had seen Him with their own eyes in that amazing cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the prayer and fasting had been scheduled to end by two that afternoon, by four they still sat in the ruins of the church, worshiping our risen Savior.<\/span><\/p>\n

Edited by: Susanna Perry-Ettel of Bibles for Mideast<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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From BIBLES4MIDEAST: Report: Ms. Minoo Hussain of Bibles for Mideast from Africa (March 15, 2017) \u00a0A mob of Muslim extremists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}