"My name Shahbaz Bhatti . I was born into a Catholic family. My father, a retired teacher, my mother, a housewife, have me to Christian values and brought the teachings of the Bible, which shaped my childhood.
From an early age it was natural to visit the church and the truths of faith and sacrifice and crucifixion of Jesus forming a deep to learn. It was Jesus love that led me to make my services available to the church. The terrible conditions in which the Christians lived in Pakistan shook me. I remember Good Friday, when I was only 13 years old: I heard a sermon about Jesus sacrifice for our salvation and for the salvation of the world. So I felt forced, as a response to give to these our brothers and sisters his love, my love, as I am in the Christian service agency, especially the poor, the needy and the persecuted who live in this Islamic country.
Would I were high and government offices offered so I give up my fight, but I have always rejected even at the risk of my own life. My answer was always the same: No, I want Jesus serve as a simple man.
This devotion makes me happy. I do not want popularity and not positions of power. I just wish a place to feet of Jesus. I want to talk my life, my character, for me and my actions show that I followed Jesus Christ . This desire is so great in me that I would feel chosen in my efforts for the needy, the poor and the persecuted Christians of Pakistan, when my Jesus Life as a victim would accept.
I want to live for Christ and for Him I will die. Therefore, I feel no fear in this country. Many times I wanted to kill or imprison the extremists. They threatened me, persecuted and terrorized my family. But I say: As long as I live, until my last breath, I will continue to serve Jesus and this poor, suffering humanity, the Christian, the needy, the poor.
I think that the Christians of the world that reached the 2005 hit by the earthquake disaster Muslims hand, bridges of solidarity, love, understanding, cooperation and tolerance between Both religions have built. If these efforts continue, I am convinced that we are able to win the hearts and minds of extremists. This will generate a positive change: People will not hate them, they will not kill in the name of religion, but will love the one the other, they will be amicably and they will maintain the peace and understanding in this area .
I'll want to say that I find much inspiration in the Scriptures and in the life of Jesus Christ . The more I read the Old Testament and New, strengthened the verses of the Bible and the Lord's words, the more I feel and increasing my determination. When I think about the fact that Jesus Christ sacrificed all that God has sent His own Son for our redemption and our salvation, I wonder how I can follow the road to Calvary. Our Lord said, 'Come with me, take up your cross and follow me. "
The body of the Bible, I love the most, says: 'I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and ye gave me drink, I was a stranger and you home to me, I was naked and you gabT my clothes, I was sick and you've nursed back to health, I was imprisoned and you visited me. " When I see poor and needy people I think that in them Jesus met me. It is my intention, if possible, to always be helpful and together with other the needy, the hungry, the thirsty to get support.
I think the needy, the poor, the orphans, their religion whatsoever, all are first seen as human beings. I think these people are part of one body in Christ that they pursued and the needy part of Christ are body. If we bring this mission to a close, we will have a place to deserves feet of Jesus and I'll be able to look at him, without me ashamed need to. "
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