| Rick & Patti Roberts - Intercultural Missionaries |
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| Romans 10:1-4 "Brethren, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation. For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge. For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes." This is the scripture passage that God gave me 3 years ago. In my case it applies to Muslims. My heart's desire to rescue these people from darkness and to introduce them to Jesus, the “Light of the world”. This is the Muslim condition: • More than 80% of Muslims have never heard the gospel. • Only 2 to 4% of all the Christian missionary force is endeavoring to reach Muslims. • Approximately 30,000 Muslims die each day without knowing Christ. • The number of Islamic adherents in the western hemisphere has at least doubled in the last 10 years. Do these facts upset you? They upset us! |
| Leading Muslims to Jesus, by Christi Trimbur " ministering among Muslims is not for the faint of heart. It requires a tenacity to continue going when it seems all hope is lost. It requires faith beyond human ability. It requires complete death to self in order that Jesus might be glorified.” ---------------------------------------------------- Meeting for Better Understanding In our last newsletter we told you about our plans to have a meeting at the mosque for Christian and Muslim dialogue. The meeting went well. It was attended by 12 Christian believers and about 50 Muslims. I had opportunity to share some of our Christian beliefs and to field some questions. The meeting was appreciated by both groups and I believe was beneficial in building relationships. As I said, our goal is to build relationships so that we can share the gospel and we had the opportunity. Thank you for your prayers for this event. We hope to do it again soon. ----------------------------------------------------- On The Home Front Three weeks ago, Patti had surgery on her sinuses. Her recovery has been painfully slow. Last week I had surgery on my shoulder. I’m recovering on schedule. This has slowed us down for the time being, and we attribute these things to the enemy trying to hinder God’s work. We appreciate your faithful prayers and support through the years. Please pray with us and for us to have renewed strength. Thank you, and God bless you mightily for your partnership. From the Battle Front, Rick and Patti |
| THANK YOU! Thanks for allowing us to be your representatives to the International community of Southern Louisiana. Please continue to pray for us, especially on Fridays. |
| "Reaching the nations within our nation." |
| Sharing the Burden We are preparing to lead a 5 week class on Islam awareness at our church. We have two other churches lined up for future classes (and are hoping for more). |
| At this point the wisest and strongest thing we can do is pray. Working with Muslims requires much patience, discretion and wisdom. We want to do it right, so we're proceeding cautiously and prayerfully. God has called us to a time of deep intercession, and so that's where most of our time and efforts are spent. We are continually seeking out and building relationships with Muslims. We are “waiting upon God” to move on them and open the doors. It is our goal to, at some point, have a “former Muslim believers” congregation. |
| Back to School I recently attended four classes on Ministry to Muslims. I learned a lot of new information and was sufficiently challenged. I am more passionate than ever for the souls of these precious people. The most disturbing thing I learned, and please hear me on this, is that one of the greatest allies to the growth of Islam is the Church of Jesus Christ. The reason is twofold: First, we are not doing a sufficient job with evangelism. Jesus said, “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel”. We're leaving it up to the professionals, and that's a mistake. Secondly, there is too much compromise in our lives and in the church. Muslims look at us and they don't think we're serious about our faith, because we're just too worldly. What Muslims need to see is real Christians living real faith! |
| Please join in intercession for the souls of Muslims. And please, live biblical Christianity and show this world what we stand for. |
