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International (MNN) ― Even a single dollar can do a lot for God's kingdom. For instance, it can buy a Bible like the one that introduced a young terrorist to the Gospel, says Joan Zodhiates of AMG International.
This young man was raised in a Communist country by the head of a terrorist group, whom he "adored," Zodhiates said. He learned terrorism from his father and started a youth terrorist group to teach other youth the terrorism he had learned. Then, after one of the group's meetings, someone outside gave him a New Testament.
At first the young man "paid no attention" to the New Testament, Zodhiates said. Eventually, however, he decided to read it. What he read blew him away.
"He just couldn't believe the difference between what the Bible had to say and what he was taught by his father and his terrorist group," Zodhiates said.
The New Testament contained an invitation to a Bible study. The young man began attending the Bible study, and eventually he was baptized. Now, God has given him a passion to share the Gospel with his people.
After he was baptized, "he said, ‘I know my father will be saved,'" Zodhiates said. "‘I know he will be, because when I told him what had happened to me, he cried... And now I know God is going to save millions of my people."
Any dollar has the power to have the same impact as the dollar that bought this man's New Testament, Zodhiates said. Like a tiny mustard seed, if you plant it, it can grow into a great tree. Never minimize what a dollar can do, because it can buy something with much more eternal value than a candy bar or a cup of coffee.
"I think in America, we waste so much of our money that could be used to bring the world to Christ," she said. "If everyone who loved the Lord counted their dollars and spent them wisely, I think the world would be a different place."
