Fisherman becomes fisher of men

Gospel For Asia  |  World
Date posted:  1 Jun 2015
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Fisherman becomes fisher of men

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This is a story of encouragement in Asia – from early April.

Ravit listened closely to the words of Jesus as he watched the film that night. He was a fisherman by trade, but he had never heard of a fisherman catching men. He had only heard of this God named Jesus earlier in the day, yet here he sat with everything he knew about life beginning to change.

Ravit grew up worshipping what his family knew as the ‘fish god’. Being fishermen, they sought their god’s favour to earn their livelihood. Whenever Ravit travelled to the nearby lake to fish, he would even seek a blessing from a local religious authority before going about his way.

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