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One of the primary ways God is drawing Muslims to Himself is through simple Bible studies that highlight passages of scripture from Creation through the Resurrection. The Waha app (https://waha.app/) contains many story sets that have been translated into dozens of languages. Throughout the 30 days we will pray through these story sets that reveal Jesus, the Word made flesh.
As you read these familiar passages, prayerfully imagine what it would be like to read them for the first time – to see the wisdom, power, beauty, and authority of God and to be drawn to trust in Christ and yield your allegiance to Him.
Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watchwith me.” And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.” And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words again. Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Sleep and take your rest later on. See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”
While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people. Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man; seize him.” And he came up to Jesus at once and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” And he kissed him. Jesus said to him, “Friend, do what you came to do.”Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him. And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear. Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?” At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.
Jesus was completely capable of stopping his arrest and subsequent crucifixion. He submitted willingly, not because of powerlessness, but because of obedience to His Father’s will. Multiple times he prayed “Not my will, but your will be done.” Pray for the beauty of Jesus’ willing sacrifice to bring many in Tunisia to love and follow Him.
We also learn that Jesus experienced the deepest sorrow known to humanity. He was not stoic or detached from suffering. Pray for Tunisians who are in deep grief to know that Jesus experienced even greater sorrow and desires to be with them in their pain.
Humans are weak. Our bodies get tired. Peter was full of zeal and claimed that he was willing to go anywhere with Jesus no matter the cost. Yet, after the Messiah asked him to watch and pray, he could not even keep his eyes open. Pray that this example would convince Tunisian Muslims that they cannot fast enough, pray enough, give away enough. Pray for this conviction to drive them to Jesus’ grace.
None of us has been a friend to Jesus like he has been to us. Pray for many Tunisians to experience friendship with Jesus, allowing that to transform them into His image more and more each day.
There is only one way for us to be rescued from this body of death. God the Son cried out to His Father, “If there is another way, take this cup from me.” God the Father did not take it away. Only by drinking this cup of suffering was eternal life made available to all who would believe.
Halima had heard the stories of Jesus. She asked for them to be told to her over and over again. She loved the stories and explained Jesus’ power by declaring that He is God. But as her family came to visit and her mother fasted and her father went to prayer times, she could not reconcile the outward “goodness” of family members who are Muslim with the gospel that Jesus is the only way. She couldn’t bear to believe that God would not overlook their unbelief in Jesus because of their devout sincerity. She was sure that God would see their “good lives”, forgive them, and grant them eternal life. She began saying her Muslim prayers more devoutly, counting them with beads, fasting twice a week, and was careful to dress modestly. She said, “It is just clear what is good and what is bad. You can feel it.”
Like many others, Halima believed the lie that we define the way to God – that good and evil are determined by how something feels to us.
How, then, can Christians be certain of eternal life? God himself declares that there is One Way to the Father – through Jesus the Son. Pray for humility and repentance.
When believers suffer for Christ’s sake, their families are often unsure how to pray. If we know that “blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,” is it right to pray for their release from prison? If God works powerfully even in prison, should we grieve and beg for our family to be reunited?
This passage reassures us that in our anguish, we may cry out to God in holiness, “If it is possible, take this cup from me.” At the same time we pray, “Not our will, God, but Yours be done.” God advances the gospel. God builds His church. We trust Him even when we cannot see.
Through tears, we cry honestly and desperately to God, trusting the perfect sovereignty of the One who hears and who loves.
O is from the North and is currently a student studying in the capital. He recently received a Bible and has been reading it faithfully. He loves Jesus and is eager to be baptized soon. Please pray for his steadfastness, especially as he has chosen to share the good news with his family. Let’s also pray for God’s protection over him and that He would use O in greater ways for His kingdom.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts His people in all their affliction, so that they may comfort others with the same comfort they received from God. As Tunisian believers land share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, may they also share in His comfort. (2 Corinthians 1:3-5)
Pray for Tunisians, like Paul, to testify in the midst of crushing hardship: “This was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.” (2 Corinthians 1:9)
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