Avery Willis, my manager, and I realized God had entrusted to Henry a very significant message for the body of Christ. Unexpectedly, he was asked to speak on the topic of knowing and doing the will of God. I first met Henry Blackaby in 1986, as he spoke at a conference in Georgia. I don’t know who came to Christ first, but half a world apart, both experienced God. She had come to faith in Christ and was praying for Kareem. Soon, he began to receive letters from his future bride where she was quoting Scripture to him. His parents had arranged his marriage to a woman back home in North Africa. So, he made a public profession of his faith in Christ. "I know I can't experience Him that way without a relationship with Him." "I see these men in our class are experiencing God," Kareem responded. “No, I must confess Christ.” “Kareem,” Bob asked, “all the times I’ve talked with you, you never saw a need for Christ. Kareem decided to join.īob’s first thought was, He’s not even a Christian this won’t make sense, but next he thought, What could it hurt? About 10 weeks into the study, Kareem came to Bob in the laboratory and said, “I have to confess.” Bob assumed he must have broken some lab equipment. The church offered a men’s Bible study using Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God that I had written with Henry Blackaby. He did start going to church with Bob though. Bob, his professor, witnessed to him on numerous occasion but because he was a moral man, Kareem saw no need for a Savior. Kareem was a graduate student from North Africa working on a Ph.D.
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