Prayer Works 7

SADDAM HUSSEIN'S SON POSSIBLY GIVEN LIFE TO CHRIST?

Saddam Hussein's wild son Uday, whose debaucherous lifestyle has been creating headlines for years, was bedridden for some time last year after being shot. We have now heard from a reliable source that a young Christian called Rahkma (name changed) "saw herself explaining the gospel to Uday in a dream". The dream made such an impression that she immediately set off on her way to Uday's office in Baghdad. "I have a message for Uday from Jesus Christ, which I can only give him verbally," she told the security guards, who initially suspected an unusual joke, but Rahkma persisted. "Jesus Christ is a well-known person," one of the guards said, "so perhaps we should let the woman in," and spoke with Uday. "There's a woman here who claims to have a message for you from Jesus Christ. We can't get rid of her. What should we do?" Uday told his secretary to send Rahkma to him in his limousine.

She spent 2 hours with him, and could not only explain the gospel to him but also pray with him to invite Jesus into his life. According to the report, Uday was crying as he prayed. "What can I do for you or your family?" asked Uday. "Nothing," replied Rahkma, giving him a Bible. "I'm simply your sister now." Observers consider it unthinkable that Uday will publicly speak of his experience with Jesus in Iraq's current religious and political climate. However, during a televised speech some days later, he spoke out for increased tolerance towards Christians.

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Rahkma, the same young Christian who spoke with Hussein's son Uday, recently travelled to Sudan following another dream in which "Jesus asked her to go to Khartoum" to explain the gospel to the Muslim Head of State General Omar Al-Bashir. Christian aid agencies speak of up to 1.5 million martyrs who have died since the start of the civil war in Sudan. Bashir is known for his fiery sermons from the Koran. After a long wait, Rahkma finally had an opportunity to speak with him after his sister arranged for her to attend a family celebration. He was just on the way out of the house after an urgent telephone call when Rahkma got her chance: "You have one minute," he said. Rahkma said "I have a message for you from Jesus Christ. If everything were taken from you, General, power, money, health, what would you do, and who would help you? Jesus Christ is always there for you!" One minute turned into forty, and Al-Bashir listened astonishedly to the gospel. At the end of the time, he asked Rahkma to pray for him. Observers consider this event unprecedented, but Sudanese Christians have just informed us that restrictions on Christian meetings in Northern Sudan were recently "inexplicably lifted by someone in high position."

http://www.jesus.org.uk/dawn/1998/dawn9812.html#Iraq