[Faith-talk] [Christian-Community] urgent prayer

[Jorge Paez]

Our brothers and sisters under the ISIS dictatorship, Christian,
Muslim or otherwise, are always in my thoughts and in my prayers.
Thank you for this important reminder.




On 10/4/14, debby phillips via Faith-talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi all, it doesn't matter whether these brothers and sisters are
> Catholic or Protestant, but what does matter is that they are
> being asked to give up a lot, sometimes their very lives.  Our
> media doesn't want to talk about the fact that it's Christians
> that are being killed, too.  They talk about Muslims that do not
> believe as ISIS does that are being killed, but in many cases,
> it's people who are lovers of Jesus Christ.  I've tried to
> imagine what it would be like to have people going house to house
> among known Christians and asking the children to decide.  How
> terrible as a parent to watch your children be martyred in front
> of you.    Blessings,    Debby
>
>  ---- Original Message ------
> From: Betty Mata via Christian-Community
> <christian-community at ultragroups.us
> Subject: [Christian-Community] urgent prayer
> Date sent: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 13:07:38 -0400
>
> Hi Everyone;
>
>   This is from e-mails sent by missionaries in Irac.  From Blair
> Cook ISP
> president: ( ISP is a Ministry of Campus Crusade) Dear All, I
> have received
> these two emails from our missionary friends, one yesterday and
> one this
> morning.  I just wanted to pass it on so that as many people as
> possible can
> pray specifically for our brothers and sisters.  Much love and
> blessings.
> Blair A friend just got a text message from her brother asking
> her to shower
> him and his parish in prayer.  He is part of a mission and ISIS
> has taken
> over the town they are in today.  He said ISIS is systematically
> going house
> to house to all the Christians and asking the children to
> denounce Jesus.  He
> said so far not one child has.  And so far all have consequently
> been killed.
> But not the parents.  The UN has withdrawn and the missionaries
> are on their
> own.  They are determined to stick it out for the sake of the
> families - even
> if it means their own deaths.  He is very afraid, has no idea how
> to even
> begin ministering to these families who have seen their children
> martyred.
> Yet he says he knows God has called him for some reason to  be
> his voice and
> hands at this place at this time.  Even so, he is begging prayers
> for his
> courage to live out his vocation in such dire circumstances.  And
> like the
> children  accept martyrdom if he is called to do so.  She asked
> me to ask
> everyone we know to please pray for them.  These brave parents
> instilled such
> a fervent faith in their children that they chose martyrdom.
> Please surround
> them in their loss with your prayers for hope and perseverance.
>
> She was able to talk to her brother briefly by phone.  She didn't
> say it but
> I believe she believes it will be their last conversation.  Pray
> for her too.
> She said he just kept asking  her to help him know what to do and
> do it.  She
> told him to tell the families we ARE praying for them and they
> are not alone
> or forgotten -- no matter what.  Her e mail broke my heart.
> Please keep all
> in your prayers.  Thanks
>
> This came this morning...  Just a few minutes ago I received the
> following
> text      message on my phone from Sean M.  who leads Crisis
> Relief
> International (CRI).  We then spoke briefly on the phone and  I
> assured him
> that we would share this urgent prayer need with all of our
> contacts.
>
> "We lost the city of Queragosh (Qaraqosh).  It fell to ISIS and
> they are
> beheading children systematically.  This is the city we have been
> smuggling
> food too.  ISIS has pushed back Peshmerga (Kurdish forces) and is
> within 10
> minutes of where our CRI team is working.  Thousands more fled
> into the city
> of Erbil last night.  The UN evacuated it's staff in Erbil.  Our
> team is
> unmoved and will stay.  Prayer cover needed!"
> Please pray sincerely for the deliverance of the people of
> Northern Iraq
> from the terrible advancement of ISIS and its extreme Islamic
> goals for mass
> conversion or death for Christians across this region.  May I
> plead with you
> not to ignore this email.
> Do not forward it before you have prayed through it.  Then send
> it to as many
> people as possible.  Send it to friends and Christians you may
> know.  Send it
> to your prayer group.  Send it to your pastor and phone him/her
> to pray on
> Sunday during the service - making a special time of prayer for
> this.  We
> need to stand in the gap for our fellow Christians.
>
> Jean Lesley
>
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-- 
Yours in Christ,


Jorge

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    who depend only on him.
They belong to the kingdom
    of heaven! (Mathew 5:3, CEV)

You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is focused on You,
Because he trusts in You. (Isaiah 26:3 NKJV)