In the Presence of My Enemies | 
| Author: Gracia Burnham
Publisher: Living Books
Category: Book
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Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0842362398
Dewey Decimal Number: 959.9048092273
EAN: 9780842362399
ASIN: 0842362398
Publication Date: April 1, 2004
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2004 ECPA Gold Medallion winner! Soon after September 11, the news media stepped up its coverage of the plight of Martin and Gracia Burnham, the missionary couple captured and held hostage in the Philippine jungle by terrorists with ties to Osama Bin Laden. After a year of captivity, and a violent rescue that resulted in Martin's death, the world watched Gracia Burnham return home in June 2002 with a bullet wound in the leg and amazing composure. In this riveting personal account, Burnham tells the real story behind the news about their harrowing ordeal, about how it affected their relationship with each other and with God, about the terrorists who held them, about the actions of the U.S. and Philippine governments, and about how they were affected by the prayers of thousands of Christians throughout the world.
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 Inspiring August 19, 2008
The moment I started reading this book I coudlnt let it go. An inspiration how God let bad things happen for a good reason.
 Wait in Jerusalem until you receive power from on high June 22, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
What if the Barnums had asked God, not to free them, but to use them? I am very concerned that they did not lead the other hostages to the Lord, nor any of their captors.
Bruce Olsen was held for two years by communist guerillas in Columbia and prayed for God not to free him, but to use him. He led many many guerillas to the Lord and taught them to read and write also. When higher ups became upset about it, they moved him to a different camp and he did the same thing again,, over and over. Then the Indians he had been serving threatened the guerillas in order to get Olsen released.
Now there are two ways of looking at Gracia's husband. "When you have endured, you will receive the crown of life."
Or "If you want to keep your life you will lose it; if you lay it down you will gain it."
I am not in a position to say which is true of this man, but I firmly believe that before people go out on the mission field, they should receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit to be "God's witnesses in Jerusalem....to the uttermost parts of the earth."
It was also sad to me that Gracia only sang old hymns. I hope I would have sang, "Let God arise and His enemies be scattered," kicking all the demons out and making the captors open to the gospel.
The book was very well written and I believe very honest. The results fall very short of what I hoped for.
I have written this critique in the hopes that some would-be missionary will read it and be sobered by it enough to seek God for the power to do His will.
I served in Haiti and Mexico with people who only wanted to argue about the Baptism in the Holy Spirit and nothing was accomplished.
Yet, at one point when I was disgusted, the Lord spoke to me and said, "Doesn't it bless you that they are willing to go out even though they don't have the power.?"
God's ways are definitely higher than ours.
God bless Gracia and her family and I am sorry about the loss of her husband. And sorry about the loss of opportunity. May we all be better servants.
Gracie Burnham's Kidnap by Abu Sayyaf March 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The author accurately recounts how one is treated during a kidnap by the Abu Sayyaf terrorist organization in the Philippines. The book definitely has a spiritual slant but it does provide an in depth understanding of how one's religion and spiritual beliefs are most often what enables one to survive a most tragic experience.
 Wonderful testimony of Gracia and her husband Martin! March 10, 2008
I love, love, love this book! What a powerful testimony of faith in God during a terrible situation. This book has been such an inspiration to me of what real trust in God looks like, even in the face of death.
I would highly recommend this book!
Modern Day Heroes September 24, 2007
It's hard to express how much I admire Martin and Gracia Burnham. It's been at least two years, I suppose, since I read this book but I still remember most every chapter. So, if it's a riveting on-the-edge-of-your-seat book you're looking for, here's a good one.
However, if you're looking for God working incarnate, this may be where to start. God took two "ordinary" people and made something most extraordinary out of their tragedy. Two things I especially appreciate from the book are 1) Gracia's brutally honest, no-holds-barred look at herself during the ordeal and 2) Martin's "speaking" through the book though he didn't physically write a word.
I would love to meet Gracia someday and would have loved to have met Martin. Read this book and you'll still somehow carry them both around with you.
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