Here is an unusual story from a man who has clearly responded to inner proddings to his faith.   Peter was born into a nominally religious home, in a Muslim country, where his Christian faith was not a big issue in his life. He grew up speaking Arabic, with children from the Moslem community his best friends. He and would visit their mosques and  read from their Quran and learned what their beliefs meant to them. Later however, as Christ became more meaningful to him, he felt impelled to share what he knows with the people who have been his friends all his life. But his life has included stress in developing a path to the heart of people who have been so dear to him. God has been with him through it all. Do take time to listen…

Power to Cope Searching for God (from Paganism to Christianity) – Paul Ratsara is a leader of men and women, a spiritual man, devoted to God and recently once again chosen to administer a wide field of work in South Africa and the Indian Ocean Division. He is a mighty man of prayer, and allows God to give him insights as he spends hours daily and nightly seeking God’s guidance. The results are awesome. Additionally incredible is his background. Evidently chosen by God, his early years were marred by a jealous family that found a way to all but destroy his life with deadly poison—but were unable. Confined by his mother to home—to avoid additional danger, his father—the “chief” of the area—decided to teach his son the intricacies of calling on the pagan gods of their Hindu religion. Paul was getting deep into the training—that would have taken him to a position of great local authority—but, again, God intervened and an unread book found on a shelf in their home, was picked up by this young man—whose mind was ever searching for God. Opening the New Testament & Psalms he met Jesus through the pages of the book. Without any human teacher, the Holy Spirit led Paul to surrender his life to the One who loved him enough to die for him. And with that, the rest is history. Hear the story of a brilliant man—a modern-day Paul—transformed by God’s love—who has won not only most of his family to the gospel but thousands of others through his influence!

Power to Cope from Buddha to Christ – Samilia & Anthony

+ PTC in a Convalescent Hospital — Dottie Langdon

Samilia gives a fascinating account of life in Sri Lanka as a young girl in a Buddah-worshipful family. Faithful to the ideas instilled, yet unable to maintain a peaceful spirit as required by that teaching, she would write out her deeds and needs on paper, fold the paper into little boats and let them float down a nearby river. It sounded peaceful, but she was anything BUT peaceful when, with other university students, they discovered missionaries “destroying” their culture with Christian teachings. Her story changed abruptly when the anger within erupted in violence. Yet the missionaries had something within them that was different—and she paused and wondered. Listen to her account and that of Anthony who wisely taught her about Christ and realize the power of God’s Word as written simply in the gospels. You’ll hear how her life was transformed when the simple concept Jesus shared in His word spoke directly to her need.

Finally, in a brief conversation with Dottie, the program ends on a peaceful note from a woman in her 80s…at peace with a future she didn’t choose—but has chosen to accept. She now lives with a variety of other oldsters at various stages of mental acuity, whom she enjoys sending to their own corners or rooms when she tires of having them follow her around. It’s her life and, somehow, she finds power to cope with it, by maintaining her sense of humor and drawing on God’s power regularly!