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Monday, September 29, 2014
Hello America. Hello world.
From the headquarters of reachmorenow.com in Fort Worth, Texas, this is Ray Mossholder and this is the news.
This prayer request came from my friend Giff Claiborne. He writes:
We received these two emails from missionary friends, one yesterday and one this morning. I pass it on so that people can pray specifically for our brothers and sisters.
This is so sad. A friend from Ohio just got a text message from her brother asking her to shower him and his parish in prayer. He is part of a mission team 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 The UN has withdrawn and the missionaries are on their own.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.
Our friend is very afraid. He 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. He asked me to ask everyone we know to please pray for him and his wife. 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. Our friend in Ohio was able to talk to her missionary 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, Giff
Then 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.
Here’s what Sean told me: “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 goal for mass conversion or death for Christians across this region.
May I plead with you not to ignore this email. PLEASE PRAY THROUGH THIS then ask your Christian friends to come to reachmorenow.com to read it too.
Be sure you tell all prayer chains you are connected with to read this and then take it to the Lord.
Phone your pastor, or tell your pastor in person, and ask them to read this and to lead the congregation in prayer during this Sunday’s service – making a special time of prayer for it. We need to stand in the gap for our fellow Christians.
After Giff sent his e-mail, he received this email in return from another friend of his – Ted Beckett. It is one of the finest
Giff:
Thank you for informing Audrey and me of the exceptional need of believing intercession for the brave souls with Crisis Relief International, and others ministering in the city of Qaragosh, Iraq. I was touched by one request that the ladies brother kept repeating “She said, he just kept asking her to help him know what to do and do it”.
In my view, faced with a similar, dire situation, Jesus, Peter or Paul, would have rebuked the territorial evil spirits that were driving the ISIS forces and command them to withdraw. As believers, our war is not with the individual soldiers doing their grisly work, it is with the evil spirits driving them to do it.
After considering this issue carefully, I sensed that all of us praying about this matter, as well as the brave minister in Iraq should stand on 3 vital Scriptures that are most appropriate for this critical situation.
1. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; Mark 16:17
2. Behold, I (Jesus) give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 10:19
3. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12
Some ministers erroneously teach that Christians should refrain from rebuking these demonic authorities. But God’s Word is clear on this issue and when believers timidly cease from taking their God given authority, the enemy runs roughshod over them like he is doing in Qaragosh. The Lord even provided a promise of immunity from counter-attack in Luke 10:19.
Also, ISIS is the name of a very important god of that region. ISIS was considered “more powerful than a thousand soldiers”. Because ISIS’ name means, literally, “throne” in the Ancient Egyptian language, she is usually represented with a throne as a depiction of her power. I do not believe it is a coincidence that the militant Islamic army attempting to reestablish a “throne” in the region came up with the name ISIS. All intercessors should bind the Isis demon. Included is a depiction of that evil spirit.
Another way to pray for this situation is to ask the Lord to convict every ISIS foot-soldier of the absurdity of the belief that he will earn a place in heaven by raping women and decapitating innocent children. If we as believers remove the blindness from their eyes, these murderers will begin to abandon ISIS.
Pray that these butchers will be considered a laughing stock and the scum of the Muslim community.
Pray that US and allied bombers accuracy will be true to wipe out the command and control centers of ISIS and their leadership. Pray for the Lord to convict them with dreams of Jesus. We as believers need to awake and become proactive on this issue.
I would also encourage the brother in Qaragosh to minister to whatever children may be left. Make sure they have accepted Jesus and are all born again believers, filled with the Holy Spirit and being taught the Word. Mobilize these children into prayer teams armed with the authority of the Holy Spirit and commanding the evil spirits to come out of the demonically controlled black-robed cowards. Matthew 21:15
Blessings
Ted Beckett
I conclude with more extremely grim news tonight. Isil is reportedly just 2 miles from Baghdad and advancing.
I repeat Giff Claiborne’s urgent plea. PRAY and have every Christian you can reach be praying too, to turn what the devil means for evil to what Christ can turn for good.
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Strength in prayer is far more important than
length in prayer.
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