God can change the hardest hearts.
God can change the hardest hearts.
Jun. 20, 2019 | Iran

God Is at Work in the Hardest Hearts

[234] prayers in [17] nations have been posted for Secret Believers.

Many Iranians have lost faith in Islam, and a VOM contact reports that even some government officials have given their lives to Christ. Recently, an official in Iran’s secretive religious police unit came to faith in Christ through the witness of a Christian family member. The official had been investigating one of the many house church groups that meet secretly throughout the country. And when he learned that a family member was part of the group, he angrily confronted the person. But over time, his family member’s gentle witness and loving behavior changed his heart and mind, and the official eventually placed his faith in Christ. Today, he maintains his role inside the religious police, but he tries to protect Christians. Praise God that he is moving in the hardest of hearts.

Write your own prayer for Secret Believers

  • Lord, your light can penetrate the darkest places. I thank you for men and women who are secret believers and ask that you would build up their faith and love. Let the hearts of their persecutors soften so that the seeds of truth take root. I pray that you would spare the green and take the ripe and that your will be done forever and always. Amen
    Cassie K - USA
  • Dear God,YourSpiritThankYou that the light is shining in the dark.ThankYou for Your work in these hardest of hearts,and may You heal all the hard hearts that will become softened because of Your love and Your people. Maythis kind of gentle and loving behavior continue to move people towards ChristMayYou protect+guide Your sheep.ThankYouInJesusnameAmen
    Rae M - USA
  • God, I thank you for your great love and compassion, seeking to save each and every one. I give you praise for every hard heart which is softened, then converted through your grace and power. I pray for this man who is now protecting those he formerly persecuted. I pray for his faithfulness, and ask you to protect him, as he protects other believers.
    Curtis M - USA
  • Praise You Father! I pray for many more stories like this in the Mighty Name of Jesus, amen.
    Pmandy Y - USA
  • God, I stand in awe of your faithfulness, and your desire to see all come to the Lord for forgiveness. I praise you for softening this man's stony heart while knowing you have done it countless times before. I pray you will be able to use this new believer to reach others in Iran. I thank you for continuing to expose Islam as a false religion.
    Curtis M - USA
  • Yes LORD GOD!!!!! Thank You for WHATS happening in Iran!! We Thank You for more good reports to come!!!! Cover and bless these new converts. Open there hearts more and more to biblical Truth. Thank You for taking away the stony heart and opening it to You and your ways. Bless Your children. Let Your peace rest on them & there families. In Christ Amen
    Deidre S - USA
  • Lord thank you for the faithfulness of people in this restricted country. Bless your own with great peace, joy and love, continue to sustain faith and grow them deeply in love with you. Thank you for this mans salvation, may he boldly serve you. Protect him from the attempts of satan to harm. Father, only you save, you are worthy, amen.
    kathy C - USA
  • Thank you Father for answering my prayers! Please continue to soften the hardest of hearts. Please, please bring them close to You. I pray that You will bring all of us close to You and that we may be able to feel Your love, no matter our circumstances. Please help us to be a light in the world for You. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen.
    Sarah M - USA
  • Father, I am so glad you know those who belong to you, your eye is upon them, and your ears are open unto their cries. I pray you bless your children in Iran. Help them to remain strong and faithful. Give them boldness and wisdom. Speak to the hearts of those they minister to, may they see their need for you. Father, guide your children as they share.
    Polly C - USA
  • Our Father, we truly understand
    Loyalty - Duty - Respect - Selfless Service -
    Honor - Integrity and Personal Courage but we need Your help to press through, so help us! In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
    Maria D - Finland
  • Take care of our secret believers in Christ.
    Debbie V - USA
  • WE praise You our Father for softening the hardest of hearts. For doing what man considers impossible. We pray for this new believer, that he will become rooted and grounded in the Lord. Thank you that like Joseph, he is in a position to bless Your people in their time of need. Your ways are beyond finding out, and we thank You for redeeming this soul
    Toni D - USA
  • Thank you and praise You Lord for Your work in Iran. Thanking you for the salvation of this official and for his work for you protecting Christians. Praying for Your church in Iran. Help them to endure. give them strength, faith and peace. May they encourage one another in psalms and hymns and loving one another. Praying for many to be saved in Iran
    margaret m - USA
  • We do praise you Father God for moving in the hardest hearts. We know you continue to move and convict men of sin so that they may know your forgiveness. You are a loving, forgiving God who has done so much that none would perish! Please, continue your work in Iran! We do praise you!
    Paula L - USA
  • Wow Father, what a powerful story of how You are raising up believers even in the Iranian secret police! We praise You and ask that that individual would be wise as a serpent and innocent as a dove and continue to be able to provide protection for believers within Iran gathering in secret and cause this policemen to grow in his faith and influence.
    Forrest B - USA
  • Father, thank You for redeeming the soul of this Iranian member of the secret police. Thank you for the gentle and patient witness of his family member. Continue to bless and encourage both of them as they faithfully serve You and minister to others. Protect our brother in-Christ working with the secret police and shield his activities from co-workers.
    Patrick V - USA
  • Lord, please bring many more in this country to give their lives to Christ as You continue to touch the hardest hearts in power to put their faith in Christ. Let Christians who work in official roles be themselves protected, and protect anyway they can those who share the gospel. May Christians be safely able to gather in freestanding churches. Amen
    Karen M - USA
  • Glory to your name, O Lord, in your great mercy to cause this man, as well as other government officials, to come to faith! You are the one who is sovereign over hardened hearts and if not for this mercy, none of us would be saved. I pray that you continue to move in many more hearts bringing about a great harvest for your kingdom! Amen.
    Diana F - USA
  • Lord, you are truly the God of miracles. Thank you for bringing this official to faith. Please protect him as he protects your people. May all his family members as well as the other officials come to know you. Help your believers to be gentle and loving witnesses to those around them. Amen.
    Wendy C - USA
  • Heavenly Father, Only You can change heart and minds that have been so blinded by hate. Thank you that You first loved us! Thank you for the courage and faithful love of Your servants in Iran. Bless them with the power of Your Holy Spirit to continue to advance Your kingdom bringing Your light to people living in darkness to the glory of Lord Jesus!
    Pamela S - USA
  • Father, we thank you for the transformation of this brothers heart who in past times sought to persecute Christians, but now seeks to protect them. I pray for his safety in what he is doing to protect others of like faith. Father, I pray you will give him wisdom that he will have an influence on others who may also be led to Christ through him.
    Ron C - USA
  • Abba, what is impossible with man is possible by You.No man can withstand Your wisdom and love. Thank you for softening the heart of this investigator. Bless the family member for courage to witness this man.You alone know our inner secrets, our deep thoughts. Jesus give this man courage to witness other secret police & lead them to You God of love
    BENEDICTA N - USA
  • PRAISE OUR FATHER, THANK YOU JESUS!!! for Choosing those of the officials and others to Believe in and Follow You; we Plead the Holy Blood of Jesus over all the brothers and sisters in Christ in Iran and lift them up to You. Please Grant them Your Protection, Fortitude, Growth in You, Favor, and Blessed Assurance, In Jesus Christ Name, Amen.
    Marcia H - USA
  • Father, we lift up to You the Iranians, the authorities and the people, asking for You to destroy the spirit that blocks their hearing the Gospel and believing. Crush that spirit in the powerful, authoritative Name of the Lord Jesus Christ and send the Holy Spirit to draw them and teach them about the God Who died for their sin and has a good plan
    Gail M - USA
  • Heavenly Father,
    We praise You! Thank You for the reminder that Your Spirit can penetrate all hearts, if will only hear. I pray You would surround this official with Your Wings to guide and protect him as he lives his faith. Bless the family member whose witness touch his heart; fill all the Christians there with Your Spirit and draw many more to You!
    Madison F - USA
  • Our Father, let the Secret Believers to find a way how to win more souls to Your Kingdom. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
    Maria D - Finland
  • Soften these hard hearts and help them know you and be known by you.
    Mark M - USA
  • Lord Jesus, Thank You so much for pouring Your Spirit into Iran! Thank You for giving these Christian witnesses the correct spirit and the right words to soften the hearts of those who hear Your message of truth and love. Bless their blooming church, Lord, and let them feel Your Spirit every time they meet. Protect them from the enemy Lord!
    Patricia W - USA
  • Heavenly Father I pray in Your Son Jesus Christ's Most Holy Name to the One True God Most High in Heaven For Healing and Restoration for All Christians and for the conversion of all others to Christianity,Amen
    Jeffrey F - USA
  • Father, we do praise You that You are moving in the hardest of hearts in Iran. We pray for believers in Iran, that You would strengthen and protect them. We pray that more officials will be drawn to Jesus. We pray that the US will exercise restraint and not go to war with Iran, which undermines our witness. We pray these things in Jesus' Name, Amen
    Julie M - USA
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