Ministering among the Druse
The Druse (or Druze) are a people group in the Middle East whose faith is an offshoot of Islam. Some consider the Druse as Muslims while others consider them a distinct religion grown out of Islam but separate. While on my recent Middle Eastern trip, we visited one of the pastors associated with our partner ministry who pastors among the Druse.
The Druse are a very hospitable, welcoming people. This pastor is a warm-hearted, gentle soul who loves his people very much. His ministry is very much similar to many pastors you know. And yet God is using his ministry in an uncommon way. When he prays for his congregants concerning their illnesses, they experience healing in numbers far greater than we in the West seem to experience and from quite difficult diseases.
He does not hold healing services or advertise. He is extremely humble and gives all credit to the Lord. When someone asks how he heals people, he tells them that he doesn't heal, Jesus does. Pray for this pastor that he will continue to minister in all humility and that people will come to Christ through his ministry not because of physical healing but because of the spiritual healing that comes through repentance from sin and dependence on Jesus Christ.
The Druse are a very hospitable, welcoming people. This pastor is a warm-hearted, gentle soul who loves his people very much. His ministry is very much similar to many pastors you know. And yet God is using his ministry in an uncommon way. When he prays for his congregants concerning their illnesses, they experience healing in numbers far greater than we in the West seem to experience and from quite difficult diseases.
He does not hold healing services or advertise. He is extremely humble and gives all credit to the Lord. When someone asks how he heals people, he tells them that he doesn't heal, Jesus does. Pray for this pastor that he will continue to minister in all humility and that people will come to Christ through his ministry not because of physical healing but because of the spiritual healing that comes through repentance from sin and dependence on Jesus Christ.