April 2023 - Happy Resurrection Life!
Happy Resurrection Celebration Season!
We live in the joy and victory of the Resurrection! The Christians of the world have just celebrated the greatest event in history – that is the bodily resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ! I trust you enjoyed this wonderful season and that you are living daily in the power and victory of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The apostle Paul called Jesus “The Prince of Life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses” (Acts 3:15). It is the resurrection that makes Christianity unique and superior to all other belief systems. We are privileged to have a personal relationship with the Risen Lord. The Spirit of the resurrection can raise the dead! “He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.” (Romans 8:11)
We have the world’s most important message to share – the Gospel message of salvation and life! “… Our Savior Jesus Christ who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel” (2 Timothy 1:10). I want to thank you for your support of the ministry. Your prayers are vital and I am so blessed to have you standing with me, sharing the same goal of reaching the lost with Christ’s life-giving message!
I was overjoyed to recently hear a result of our ministry from a few years ago in Syria, where ISIS once had a stronghold. There were only two Christian families there and I had the opportunity to meet with them, minister to them, and pray for them. I just heard that these families are taking the light of Jesus to their town. They gathered all the children of area and had a celebration of the resurrection publicly. I pray all these children, including the many from non-Christian backgrounds, will grow to believe in the Resurrected Lord Jesus. One of the Christian leaders said, “Although we are few, it does not prevent us to be salt and light here.” The elder man in the family was brutally tortured by ISIS and yet he has forgiveness in his heart. See his picture below helping the children celebrate the resurrection.
Light For All Nations Ministry is still helping with the earthquake relief in Syria and our team is working tirelessly. As the funds are continuing to come in, we are sending money to help, as the help is not just a once time thing, but it is on-going as after such a catastrophe it can take many months to recover. We are providing food, baby formula and clothing to the needy bringing hope and smiles to their faces. See the many pictures below of the aid we are providing with your help sent to me by our co-workers in Syria.
This month on all our social media platforms and on the satellites we are featuring an excellent video production called “At The Cross.” It is 17 episodes about the various characters who met Jesus at the Cross – some believed and some rejected. It seems from the responses that we are having an amazing reception to these programs and we trust that through them many lost people will find Jesus! Here is the Arabic program link:
"At the Cross" Arabic teaching about Claudia, the wife of Pilate by Nizar Shaheen
Another wonderful testimony I just heard was from a Muslim lady in Algeria who used to pray to Allah with sincerity and tears. God saw her heart and gave her a dream wherein she heard, “Pray to Jesus who was crucified.” She started a journey of searching. She passed through hard times and trials until one night she saw a very bright light in her room and she was changed when she heard the message. She accepted Jesus as her Savior and was baptized. The Lord is doing amazing things these days to reveal Himself to Muslims.
We are committed to keeping on preaching Jesus and His crucifixion and resurrection and sharing His Light to this dark world so that they too would receive New Birth - “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3).
May God bless you and each member of your family with every heavenly blessing and may you live in the victory of the Resurrection!
With Resurrection power and joy,
Nizar Shaheen
Syrian children's Resurrection Celebration:
On-going Earthquake relief in Syria:
