Missionaries in the Middle East are once again reporting signs and wonders, including divine encounters with Jesus Christ. In the latest example, yet another Muslim says he met Jesus in a dream, and the message that was delivered by the “man in white” to this Islamic leader is undeniably supernatural.

Multiple miraculous reports are coming from Uncharted Ministries, which exists to “Reach the Unreached and Stand with the Persecuted.” Their latest efforts in Egypt range from the big cities of Cairo, Alexandria, and Luxor, to the hundreds of small villages up and down the Nile River.

Uncharted’s team shares the Gospel with Muslims and a growing number of secular Egyptians, resulting in some remarkable testimonies.

An Imam Meets Jesus

Rahman and his team were ministering to people in a small village in the Egyptian desert when he came upon Ahmed—the imam of the village’s mosque and the town’s most important Islamic leader.

Ahmed’s devotion to Islam and the five daily prayers is easily seen by the dark callus on his forehead known as a “zabiba” (Arabic for raisin). This mark is caused by the repeated rubbing of the forehead on the prayer rug after decades of repeated prostration during prayer. Devout Muslims like Ahmed are proud of this mark and see it as an outward sign of their lifelong devotion to Allah.

After being introduced, Ahmed said, “Ah, you are Rahman. Just the man I am looking for. Please tell me the meaning of my dream last night.”

Rahman said, “Can you tell me more? What was your dream, and why do you think I can help you?”

The Man in ‘Bright White’

Ahmed said, “Last night, a Man dressed in bright white came to me in a dream. He said, ‘I am Jesus Christ. ‘  I don’t know who that is, so I asked Him to tell me more about Himself.  The Man in white said, ‘Tomorrow you will meet a man named Rahman and he will tell you all about Me.’  So, Rahman, who is Jesus?”

Rahman and his team told the Imam all about Jesus Christ, His powerful life, and the message of salvation.  Ahmed invited the team into his home to share this news with his wife, his sister, and his daughter.

During the conversation that followed, Ahmed’s entire family made the decision to follow Jesus.

The Lord Jesus chose to appear in a dream to an imam from a small village in the Egyptian desert whose heart was ready to receive Him. Now he and his whole family are following their Savior, Jesus.

“And to think that Jesus told Ahmed to speak to our team member, Rahman, who was ministering in his village the very next day makes this even more of a miracle!” Uncharted Ministries reports.

A Word of Knowledge & a Miracle: Luke 8 Comes to Life

Another story that Rahman shared took place in a refugee area where the ministry’s Egyptian team was conducting visits. They met a Syrian woman named Fatima.

Rahman felt the Holy Spirit lead him to share with Fatima the story from Luke 8:42-48 where Jesus healed the woman who had been bleeding for 12 years.  Rahman said he couldn’t remember ever sharing that particular story with anyone before. It seemed an odd choice, but he shared it with her.

Fatima abruptly got up and ran out of the room. She quickly returned with five other women and said, “This man just told me a story from his Bible. It is my story, except the years are different. I have only been bleeding for eight years, not 12.”

Rahman prayed for Fatima, and she left, shaking her head in wonder.

The Bleeding Stops

The line of people to talk to was long, and Rahman was still talking to people six hours later when Fatima burst into the room. ”I have stopped bleeding for the first time in eight years. You must tell me more about your Jesus.”
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The number 40 has profound biblical significance. Rain fell for 40 days and nights after Noah built the ark. Moses spent 40 days on Mount Sinai receiving God’s law. Jesus fasted for 40 days before His ministry started. In each case, God worked powerfully during these 40 days. He used this time to bring about transformation and set eternally consequential events in motion.

Might that be precisely what the Church and Christians worldwide need today? Could God be calling each of us to a period of deep communion and intentional time in His presence?

I certainly think so. And it’s already underway.

In April, the Barna Group reported that belief in Jesus was rising. This is encouraging, but there is more. All we need to do is look at the witness of Scripture. Belief is never a solitary event. It is an inflection point, a beginning.

Acts 10 tells the story of Cornelius, a respected and God-fearing centurion in the Roman army. God sends him a vision telling him to invite the Apostle Peter to his house. Peter preaches the Gospel and the Holy Spirit is poured out on all believers.

We see similar sequences across the biblical narrative: the blessing and power of the Holy Spirit come after belief.

While this pattern should be the normal state of a believer’s life, too many Christians today are settling for survival. They are content with complacency and checking off boxes. This is not what God has for His people. God is a God of fullness and abundance, with unmatched power leveraged for unparalleled good in the lives of those who trust Him.

Yet, many believers are not living in light of these promises. We often don’t take seriously Jesus’s words that it is better for Him to leave Earth, because if He doesn’t, the Holy Spirit won’t come. The Spirit whom Jesus promises will empower His followers to do greater things than He did.

That is an extraordinary promise. Think about it: What would our world, our nation, our communities, our churches, and our families look like if we lived into this promise? It would be a beautiful rejuvenation of hope, goodness, beauty and life.

I want this for our world, and our world is crying out for it as well. Look around. War, strife, hate, division, and chaos are rampant everywhere. The world is dark, and it’s getting darker.

The message of the Gospel is that light shines brightly in the darkness and darkness cannot overcome the light. This is our responsibility. We are God’s hands and feet on this earth.

However, we will fail if we try to do it on our own. God is the source of our power, hope, and life. His Spirit is what animates and empowers our good work. Psalm 127 says that “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.” We cannot try to do God’s work without using the resources He has given us in the Holy Spirit.

Oftentimes, our modern “sensibilities” can get in the way. We can be lulled into thinking that God only worked in miraculous, extraordinary ways in the Bible, that the wonders we read about were for then, not now.

That couldn’t be further from the truth. We serve the same God who kept the widow’s oil jar full, parted the Red Sea, and turned water into wine. In Romans 8, Paul tells his audience that the Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the dead.

That is the power offered to those who believe. It’s not a watered-down version. It is the same transformation-bringing, death-defying power. And I believe God wants His people to reclaim His power. The question is, are we ready?

Are we ready to see God do mighty things in our midst? Are we prepared to see giants slain, the sick healed, and the broken restored?

I am, and so is our world. So, my challenge is this: Over the next 40 days, seek God’s face and ask Him to fill you with a fresh movement of His Spirit. Expect Him to answer. Dare to believe that His promises are still yes and amen.
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Fifty-four years represent the number of years I have been given so far to live for Jesus. What about you? How many years are you right now? Like me, I invite you to see your age as more than a number. See it as the number of years God has given you so far to live for Him and for Him to demonstrate to you His faithfulness to you.

As I take inventory of my life, I realize my physical body is obviously slowly wasting away, but my spirit is being renewed day by day. Aging teaches us many things, especially that we are not God. I wake up every day to this reality in newer ways with each passing year.

I want to share with you 10 things I have learned so far in my walk with the Lord:

1. Pain is a constant!

Job said it best, “Man’s days are few and full of trouble” (Job 14:1).

Expect the same to be true in your life. But know pain will be used by God to teach you about Him. Jesus learned obedience through suffering and so will we. Let pain’s heavenly purpose be fulfilled in your earthly life.

2. Confusion is a companion

With greater age comes more awareness that much of your life will be confusing to you. The moments in the past and present will confuse you and will make your understanding of the future more difficult to grasp. But rest in this, “Before one day was God knew them all to be” (Psalm 139:16). Your days may be confusing to you but not to God. He is not surprised by the things you have experienced in your past or present nor in your future. If you keep loving God, He will take everything in your life and work it for your good (Romans 8:28). You can know and trust that, even in your confusion.

3. Hope is a coach

Proverb says, “Lean not on your own understanding, but in all your ways, acknowledge Him and He will direct your path” (Proverbs 3:5-6). If you trust in the Lord, if you put your hope in Him, He will coach you. He will direct you. When I was in college, I met a man named Mr. Gleason. He had bushy silver eyebrows; the kind I imagine Moses had in his old age. I remember Mr. Gleason looking at me and saying, “When you don’t know what to do, ask God and He will tell you and when He tells you, do it. And if you do it, He will make you look a lot smarter than you are.” I have tried to live by this principle in my life.

4. Betrayal is a coward

“Though the world forsake you, Jesus never will.” As a father of five, I taught this phrase to my children in their childhood. Like Jesus, every one of us will experience betrayal in this life. It is a part of the narrative of our lives. It is part of the redemptive story of our lives. Know that the betrayers of your life will remain in the shadows of your life and live in the margins of your sorrows. Just remember, you wrestle not against flesh and blood. Your enemy doesn’t have a human name. His name is Satan. Paul says, “Satan disguises himself as an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14). Satan is an angelic being, just not an angel of light. Know the enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy, but Jesus comes to give you life and give it to you more abundantly (John 10:10). Rest in His power and don’t go chasing the shadows of your life. It takes more courage to stay in the ring of God’s purpose for your life and let the cowards shoot at you from the shadows. As my Professor John Hannah from Dallas Seminary said, “Don’t quit, don’t fornicate, you will be the only one left, and you will be great!”

5. Peace is a caravan

Do you know what a caravan is? It is what accompanies you across a desert. Peace is a caravan. It will accompany you through the deserts of your life. Paul tells us that God’s peace will accompany us and surpass all understanding. It will guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7). This means God’s peace is better than understanding what has happened, what is happening, or what will happen. I love that accompaniment from God’s peace. God gives peace, not as the world gives it. The peace that God gives us helps us to let go of control and trust Him. That’s a caravan worth hanging out with in the deserts of our lives. Ask Him for His peace.

6. Failure is a chapter

As the songwriter Cory Asbury says, “Failure is never final when the Father is in the room.” Failure is not the book of your life. It is a chapter, meaning it is never final. With Jesus in your heart, your destiny is Heaven. All of us fixate on our failures. All of us have regrets in our lives. All of us need a mulligan or two or three in the story and relationships of our lives. Failure with Jesus is never final because where sin abounds, grace does much more abound (Romans 5:20-21). The Bible says a righteous person falls seven times, but they get up again (Proverbs 24:16).

7. Success is a caboose

My philosophy in life is, “Start slow, finish fast.” Fresh from graduating from Dallas Theological Seminary, I read a book by Steve Farrar called Finish Strong. The book said, “Nine out of 10 won’t finish strong for God.” My Professor Bill Lawerence from the Hendricks Leadership Center at Dallas Theological Seminary came to visit me when I was in a season of exceptional discouragement. I will never forget what he said to me: “Kelly, you are more than a number, and one day you will realize that!”

8. Wisdom is a camel

Have you ever ridden a camel? Not an exceptionally enjoyable experience in my opinion. But I find wisdom to be like riding a camel. It is not normal and natural, but more effective and far more productive than walking across the deserts of life on my own two feet. Some wisdom can be read and applied, and some must be lived and experienced to garner the right amount of clarity for the next time. When God came to Solomon and said, “Ask me for whatever you want, and I will give it.” Solomon replied, “Give me wisdom to govern your people well” (1 Kings 3:9). The best transportation in this life is the wisdom of God. It is more costly than pearls but worth the cost. Above all, get the wisdom of God from the Word of God. I highly recommend reading the Word of God every day and applying it to that day and all your days. Wisdom is the Word! It will carry you where you can’t carry yourself, across the emotional, relational, physical, and spiritual deserts of your life.

9. Faithfulness is a crown

The Apostle Paul says, “Every athlete (in this life) exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one.” Paul then told Timothy, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness the Lord will reward me on that day” (2 Timothy 4:7-8). We run for a crown not of this life but the life to come. Live every day as if it is your last, and one day you will be right. On that day, Jesus will meet you there to reward you with the crown you have faithfully run to receive. He will say, “Well done, my good and faithful servant!”

10. Eternity is the conclusion

Live with the end in mind. My favorite all time scene is from the movie, “Braveheart.” William Wallace played by Mel Gibson says, “Would you trade all the days of your life to be able to say one day, ‘You may take my life, but you will never take my freedom.’” I would modify that to, “You may take my life, but you will never take my eternity!” I like to say, if you have a pulse, you have pain, but you also have a purpose! Pain is a constant in this temporary earthly life, but eternity and its reward are forever!

One day, my physical body will lose me, and my soul will meet Jesus.
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