And Father, we plead with You for our brothers and sisters in Iraq:
Date: Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 9:05 AM
Subject: URGENT PRAYER NEEDED
To:
Please pray for this urgent request.
Prayer Request from Dan and Marilyn Wilson. Missionaries who are in
the areas that are being attacked by ISIS are asking to be showered in
prayer. 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 The UN has withdrawn and the missionaries are on their own.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. They are very afraid, have no idea
how to even begin ministering to these families who have had seen
their children martyred. Yet he says he knows God has called them for
some reason to be His voice and hands at this place at this time. Even
so, they are begging for prayers for courage to live out their
vocation in such dire circumstances. And like the children, accept
martyrdom if they are called to do so. 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.
One missionary 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. Please keep them all in your prayers.
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 to. 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 its 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 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.
Thank you for all your prayers !!!!
--
Dr. Becky Peters
Professor of Education
Director of Lutheran Teaching Programs,
Colloquy, & Lutheran Placement
Concordia University Irvine
Subject: URGENT PRAYER NEEDED
To:
ACC Prayer Request
Please pray for this urgent request.
Prayer Request from Dan and Marilyn Wilson. Missionaries who are in
the areas that are being attacked by ISIS are asking to be showered in
prayer. 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. They are very afraid, have no idea
how to even begin ministering to these families who have had seen
their children martyred. Yet he says he knows God has called them for
some reason to be His voice and hands at this place at this time. Even
so, they are begging for prayers for courage to live out their
vocation in such dire circumstances. And like the children, accept
martyrdom if they are called to do so. 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.
One missionary 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. Please keep them all in your prayers.
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 to. 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 its 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 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.
Thank you for all your prayers !!!!
--
Dr. Becky Peters
Professor of Education
Director of Lutheran Teaching Programs,
Colloquy, & Lutheran Placement
Concordia University Irvine
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