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

[melissa R Green]

Very good point.  

Have a blessed day
Melissa R Green and Pj
if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected,
fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be
distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don't take them for granted. Friends
are part of the glue that holds life and faith together.


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From: Faith-talk [mailto:faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of debby
phillips via Faith-talk
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 6:53 PM
To: shilohtalk at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Faith-talk] [Christian-Community] urgent prayer

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  The UN has withdrawn and the missionaries are on their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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