“MY BODY IS IN PRISON BUT MY SOUL IS FREE.”

Josef is a believer in Jesus who is on the run for his life in Afghanistan. He is being hunted by Muslim family members who pledge to kill him.

Josef’s brother-in-law even offered a reporter $20,000 to learn of his hiding place—and also intends to kill Josef’s three year old child.

Josef hides in a 10-by-10 foot room of stone and crumbling earth. His few earthly possessions include a worn blue Bible and wooden cross with a passage from the Sermon on the Mount written on it.

Josef’s brother-in-law Ibrahim left his family and business in Pakistan to go to Kabul to hunt and kill the “apostate.” “If I find him, once we are done with him, I will kill his son as well, because his son is a bastard. He is not from a Muslim father,” Ibrahim said to the New York Times reporter.

Josef is resolved to follow Jesus, “even if I get killed.”

A friend has dared to hide him, risking his own life. My heart broke when I read Josef’s final words in this incredible story: “My body is in prison but my soul is free.”

I answered the article with a letter to the editor which was printed. As a Christian, I challenged the California Muslim community—which claims to love peace—to march in protest against this evil done in the name of their faith.

I said I would march with them. So far, only silence.

Our telecast reaches over 150 countries—and all of man’s religions. Many who will turn to Jesus will suffer persecution and death. That is the martyr call—and Josef is our brother. Pray for him. Pray for the many Muslims who are meeting the living Christ. Pray for our telecast as it spans borders, cultures and religions with the words people cry for:

“JESUS LIVES!”

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Frank