"You're a Muslim, right?" my colleague Jamila asked me.

"I'm a follower of Jesus," I replied.

"But you seem so much like a Muslim," Jamila insisted. She looked at me quizzically with her intelligent brown eyes.

I smiled and explained, "Well, I love God, and I also pray, fast, and serve the poor--just as Muslims are instructed to do. And I read the Bible, the Holy Book."

"You read the Holy Book?" Jamila asked as she studied my face. "What does it say about Him?"

"Which him do you mean?" I asked.

"Jesus," she replied as she stepped closer as if to make our conversation more private.

Silently, I thanked God for yet another opportunity to share truths about Christ with someone who, her entire life, had been hearing things about Him that aren't true.

Like most Muslims, Jamila was flooded every day with repeated messages that run counter to the Gospel. But my teammates and I take every opportunity, with love and respect, to disrupt the repetition by sharing the glorious truth of Jesus Christ.

I prayed for wisdom and said, "Our Holy Book teaches that Jesus Christ is God, visiting the earth. He lived a perfect life, died a perfect death, and rose from the dead on the third day to open the doors of Heaven for us."

"So, you believe He died?" Jamila asked.

"Yes, that is what the Bible teaches. And He rose from the dead on the third day and is in Heaven now."

"He rose from the dead?" Jamila looked surprised, as though she had never heard this part of the story before. I knew that she had discussed the Bible with others before and marvelled that she hadn't yet heard this truth about Jesus.

I gave Jamila a moment to sit with this truth. Then, mysteriously, she said, "I accept everything." She walked out of the room, down the hallway, and straight out the front door without a word to anyone else.

Muslims hold Jesus in high regard. The Quran describes His virgin birth and some of His miracles, and it even says He is the Word of God.

His death and crucifixion, however, they consider heretical. Muslims say that God would never allow such a great prophet to die in such a horrible way. They insist that Jesus was raised to heaven without ever dying. And so, they are missing out on our eternal hope in Christ's triumphant resurrection from death.

• Pray for Jamila's curiosity to lead her to the risen Savior and to truly accept His death and resurrection.
• Ask God to give wisdom to Frontiers workers as they seek to share the Gospel in places where Christ is not yet honoured.
• Pray for Muslims to have their hearts opened to the wonderful truth of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection.

Main photo by Asim Bharwani