This is an urgent
request. Please pray for these people. We cannot ignore this. I got this forward from a friend.
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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
renounce 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 The UN has withdrawn and the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 email 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 Malone 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 during your church service - making a special time of
prayer for this. We need to stand in the gap for our
fellow Christians.
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