I am praying about expanding to do mission work to Moslems and people involved in occult spirituality in Dubai. I promised to pray about it after receiving this email. (I have omitted the name of the person, since we will have to be careful witnessing in such as Islamic land.)
Hi Dwayna,
...I'm an mural artist living in Dubai, originally from UK. I have been a Christian about 6 years and loved the fact that you wanted to sit under John MacArthur's teachings. I attend Dubai Evangelical Christian Church, and we also have excellent expository preaching. I believe it is paramount to read verses in context and be careful of candyfloss Christianity, as I call it.
My background in nutshell - Atheist family/ Punk lifestyle...I was caught up very heavily in New Age/ followed Self Realisation Fellowship's guru and teaching for 7 years, witchcraft/ wicca/ channeling etc. etc. and left London; I moved to Dubai, of all places, and became a believer...My main aim to renew my mind in the word and to walk in Gods will for my life.
My heart is for those in New Age who are searching spiritually, because as I can relate...Their spiritual experiences are very real, tangible experiences, but, as I point out, they are not the truth.
I am growing in my vertical relationship with God and I am now in a position on my walk to reach out horizontally to those around me. God has restored many broken areas, and I am not self centred but able to be other centred - which is a miracle. I can share my life story and experiences with my friends here, but we are not allowed to set up a booth as this is an Islamic country to reach others.
God knows my heart and desire - and also what is best for me. I dont know details or timings, but just initially wanted to say, "Hi," and continue to hold this in prayer. Ultimately it's His will, and I want to walk in the good works He has prepared in Christ Jesus for us to walk in. I also am aware that God is sovereign, and we all have spheres of influence where God places us. Right now I'm in the middle East.
Also, I must remind myself, God might not want to use me in this area of ministry, as the most important task for me is to renew my mind from all deceptive teachings I followed. But I thought I'd introduce myself anyway.
